Claud the Kung Fu Bear



That is Claud the Kung Fu bear from Hiroshima City, Japan. You can see another video here, and here is Claud's story:
A bear at a zoo in Hiroshima City, western Japan, is drawing applause from visitors with his performance of twirling a stick.

Claud, a male Asiatic black bear at Asa Zoo, began twirling a branch when he was playing with it 5 years ago. The zoo operator says that the bear stopped the twirling after he grew up but resumed it 2 months ago.

This day, he used his mouth to pick up a stick like a pole weighing about 5 kilograms - his recent favorite -- and handled it intensely with his hands, legs and neck.

Visitors said they were surprised to watch such a large bear handle the stick so skillfully.

His breeder said he doesn't know why the bear likes to twirl sticks but his performance is really powerful.

These silky skills could have levelled the playing field in Sonny Chiba's Karate Bearfighter and given the title a second meaning too. Of course we always knew bears can kick ass, but it is nice to see it for real.

Link (with another video news report) - Thanks Q

no doubt asiatic bears have "toys" that they play with when they are younger, play is an essential part of training for adulthood. i do get the feeling that the bear may have reverted to this behaviour as a form of self-comforting, as many isolated zoo animals do.

it still boggles me why we feel the need to keep such creatures in captivity.
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That is so cool. This may be where KungFu Panda came from lol.
I would love to have a bear like this as the bodyguard to my house. Because not only would almost anyone be intimidated by him, but he would practice outside and I would watch him all the time.
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Oh sure, you guys see a bear twirling a stick, in a way thats soo amazing.

But I see a bear that is psycotic and stressed due to a small enviornment doing repetative behaviors for minutes/hours on end.

http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/biowissenschaften_chemie/bericht-12673.html explains what this bear is doing.
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As I've always believed zoos are ok as long as the animals are kept happy, healthy, and socialized with members of their own species to keep them sane. This activity like Fritz has pointed out looks very much like self-comforting behavior or a form of self entertainment from boredom. Get it a friend!
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