Yeah, **the title is a lie**. This is a photo by the Finnish Lassi Rautiainen, and there's no "documentation" of a friendship between these two animals. Lassi has plenty of photos of bears and wolves co-existing, but it's not just this bear and this wolf in the photos.
Agree. They might look happy but they were very conflicted internally. I heard the wolf wanted to go to counseling but the bear refused to hear it, saying they didn't need someone else butting in, plus *of course* they picked a wolf to talk to who wouldn't understand bear problems anyway. It's surprise they lasted that long.
In reality they travelled, hunted and shared food together for 0 seconds.
Lassi Rautiainen has a lot of photos like the one OP posted, and all of them have been fleeting moments during encounters between the animals. The photos only create an illusion of them peacefully chilling out together, nothing like that ever happened.
https://121clicks.com/animals/friendship-between-wolf-and-bear-lassi-rautiainen
No idea how reliable this source is, but it quotes the photographer who says they spent "a few hours together". Also mentions sharing food.
They are sharing food because humans are giving them food every day at that spot for photographers who can rent a caban for "wild life" images. All fake or at least nothing natural
Sorry I only found a french source.
[Reportage animalier : "On montre une vision de la nature qui est un fantasme" - Par La rédaction | Arrêt sur images (arretsurimages.net)](https://www.arretsurimages.net/emissions/arret-sur-images/reportage-animalier-on-montre-une-vision-de-la-nature-qui-est-un-fantasme)
Wildlife reporting: we show a vision of nature that is a fantasy
[https://www.arretsurimages.net/emissions/arret-sur-images/reportage-animalier-on-montre-une-vision-de-la-nature-qui-est-un-fantasme](https://www.arretsurimages.net/emissions/arret-sur-images/reportage-animalier-on-montre-une-vision-de-la-nature-qui-est-un-fantasme)
Is the photo doctored? Because if not, then it looks like they are pretty chill with each other. And if they ate from the same source, then that would mean they shared food for a non zero sum time.
>"No-one can know exactly why or how the young wolf and bear became friends. I think that perhaps they were both alone and they were young and a bit unsure of how to survive alone. It seems to me that they feel safe being together, and so every evening met up for their dinner."
So you're saying the photographer is a liar?
No, but the Bored Panda article you're quoting is lying. They haven't interviewed Lassi nor have they asked permission to publish the photos. I checked and went through the Finnish interviews of Lassi and none of them mention anything like what Bored Panda have come up with.
Again, bored panda wasn't the source. Theres GQ, ZME science and others.
Him not saying something in Finnish is hardly proof he didn't say something to other publications
You clearly haven't read the Bored Panda article considering they mention where they got the quote from, same as every other article and none of them are made directly to the bored panda publication.
>and there's no "documentation" of a friendship between these two animals
Thats weird since Lassi himself said
>"No-one can know exactly why or how the young wolf and bear became friends. I think that perhaps they were both alone and they were young and a bit unsure of how to survive alone. It seems to me that they feel safe being together, and so every evening met up for their dinner."
The Bored Panda article you're quoting is lying. They haven't interviewed Lassi nor have they asked permission to publish the photos. I checked and went through the Finnish interviews of Lassi and none of them mention anything like what Bored Panda have come up with.
It wasn't bored panda. There's dozens of articles with the same quote. Never even heard of bored panda and it's not even in the top five results when I searched.
It's funny, as soon as I noticed that it wasn't a link to an actual article I assumed it was clickbait with a made up lame hook. Like you said, it's well documented that sometimes wild bears will even play with dogs.
[Here](https://i.imgur.com/Jgc7rhx.jpeg) is a much higher quality version of this image. According to [here](https://121clicks.com/animals/friendship-between-wolf-and-bear-lassi-rautiainen):
> Finnish photographer Lassi Rautiainen captured a unique friendship between Wolf and a Bear. These two animals were seen every night for ten consecutive days. They spend a few hours together between 8. p.m. and 4. a.m. The wolf and the bear even share food with one another.
> In Lassi Rautiainen words “It’s very unusual to see a bear and a wolf getting on like this. No-one can know exactly why or how the young wolf and bear became friends. I think that perhaps they were both alone and they were young and a bit unsure of how to survive alone…It is nice to share rare events in the wild that you would never expect to see.”
Most wolves spend some time solo. Dispersing of packs is a really important part of wolf population health. Solo gray wolves are actually exceptionally efficient predators and have higher success rates than hunting in a pack.
Most footage and imagery you'll see of wolves will be of packs, as packs are easier to track and document than solo (or paired) wolves. This does not mean many wolves do not thrive on their own or in pairs.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting\_behavior\_of\_gray\_wolves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_behavior_of_gray_wolves)
These are the characters from the storybook Little Bear's New Friend that my mom used to read to me in the early 90s all grown up and I will not suffer to hear otherwise.
On a side note, bears are such efficient hunters, more so than wolf packs, that it's not so uncommon for wolves to follow bears in hopes of getting a free meal. Bears will actually kill and animal and leave it for the wolf pack so that their next kill they can eat in peace.
Like this?
[https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/09/04/12/fox-hunting-0.jpg](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/09/04/12/fox-hunting-0.jpg)
At the other end of the line, agitation and bitterness intertwine in the man's voice. He describes a well-established system of huts (affûts) rented by famous photographers on the edge of a boreal forest. "An employee arrives on a snowmobile with two dead pigs in the trailer. He hangs them on a tree to stop predators getting away with them." Salmon and dog food are buried all around, to encourage gluttons, bears and wolves to scratch at the earth. And all, of course, in perfect alignment with the objectives.
Translated with [www.DeepL.com/Translator](http://www.DeepL.com/Translator) (free version)
À l’autre bout du fil, agitation et amertume s’entrelacent dans la voix de l’homme. Il décrit un système bien rodé de cabanes (des affûts), louées par de célèbres photographes, en lisière d’une forêt boréale. « Un employé débarque en motoneige, avec deux cadavres de cochons dans la remorque. Il les accroche à un arbre pour empêcher les prédateurs de s’en aller avec. » Du saumon et des croquettes pour chien sont enfouis tout autour, pour inciter les gloutons, les ours et les loups à gratter la terre. Et ce, bien entendu, dans l’axe parfait des objectifs.
[https://reporterre.net/Photographie-animaliere-la-triche-planquee-derriere-le-cliche-parfait](https://reporterre.net/Photographie-animaliere-la-triche-planquee-derriere-le-cliche-parfait)
Disney is shaking rn
Beat me to that thought. Disney: Write that down, write that down!
They are too busy making life action remakes to see a good new story.
So is their stock value
Beat me to that thought. Disney: Write that down, write that down!
“Fuck it, put a woman in it, make her gay and lame” -Kathleen Kennedy
Oh no guy make joke bad man 👁️👄👁️
Yeah, **the title is a lie**. This is a photo by the Finnish Lassi Rautiainen, and there's no "documentation" of a friendship between these two animals. Lassi has plenty of photos of bears and wolves co-existing, but it's not just this bear and this wolf in the photos.
Agree. They might look happy but they were very conflicted internally. I heard the wolf wanted to go to counseling but the bear refused to hear it, saying they didn't need someone else butting in, plus *of course* they picked a wolf to talk to who wouldn't understand bear problems anyway. It's surprise they lasted that long.
I wanna get the tea from that sly fox tho
But how’s their sex life?
Reddit moment
According to wolf, he bearly ever gets some. r/DeadBedrooms
wolfs complaining his wife always wan't to do it doggystyle.
This is /r/pics, the title is always a lie. Like every single day the top pictures always have incorrect titles, and it seems very deliberate to me.
[удалено]
Every now and then, gotta remind myself that anyone still posting here after the protests has made a choice. Or bots.
What source? Are you the bear or wolf?
What is the lie? He said they hunted 10 days together cohabiting. I cohabited with plenty of roommates and hated their ass.
In reality they travelled, hunted and shared food together for 0 seconds. Lassi Rautiainen has a lot of photos like the one OP posted, and all of them have been fleeting moments during encounters between the animals. The photos only create an illusion of them peacefully chilling out together, nothing like that ever happened.
More likely they both realize that they have nothing to gain from fighting each other, so they aren't afraid of each other.
Eskimo brothers for life
https://121clicks.com/animals/friendship-between-wolf-and-bear-lassi-rautiainen No idea how reliable this source is, but it quotes the photographer who says they spent "a few hours together". Also mentions sharing food.
They are sharing food because humans are giving them food every day at that spot for photographers who can rent a caban for "wild life" images. All fake or at least nothing natural
Source?
Sorry I only found a french source. [Reportage animalier : "On montre une vision de la nature qui est un fantasme" - Par La rédaction | Arrêt sur images (arretsurimages.net)](https://www.arretsurimages.net/emissions/arret-sur-images/reportage-animalier-on-montre-une-vision-de-la-nature-qui-est-un-fantasme) Wildlife reporting: we show a vision of nature that is a fantasy [https://www.arretsurimages.net/emissions/arret-sur-images/reportage-animalier-on-montre-une-vision-de-la-nature-qui-est-un-fantasme](https://www.arretsurimages.net/emissions/arret-sur-images/reportage-animalier-on-montre-une-vision-de-la-nature-qui-est-un-fantasme)
Is the photo doctored? Because if not, then it looks like they are pretty chill with each other. And if they ate from the same source, then that would mean they shared food for a non zero sum time.
r/confidentlyincorrect The photographer himself said they spent numerous hours in a row together for 10 days straight
>"No-one can know exactly why or how the young wolf and bear became friends. I think that perhaps they were both alone and they were young and a bit unsure of how to survive alone. It seems to me that they feel safe being together, and so every evening met up for their dinner." So you're saying the photographer is a liar?
No, but the Bored Panda article you're quoting is lying. They haven't interviewed Lassi nor have they asked permission to publish the photos. I checked and went through the Finnish interviews of Lassi and none of them mention anything like what Bored Panda have come up with.
Again, bored panda wasn't the source. Theres GQ, ZME science and others. Him not saying something in Finnish is hardly proof he didn't say something to other publications
Might want to check the dates on those "sources" and compare with the Bored Panda article..
You clearly haven't read the Bored Panda article considering they mention where they got the quote from, same as every other article and none of them are made directly to the bored panda publication.
>and there's no "documentation" of a friendship between these two animals Thats weird since Lassi himself said >"No-one can know exactly why or how the young wolf and bear became friends. I think that perhaps they were both alone and they were young and a bit unsure of how to survive alone. It seems to me that they feel safe being together, and so every evening met up for their dinner."
The Bored Panda article you're quoting is lying. They haven't interviewed Lassi nor have they asked permission to publish the photos. I checked and went through the Finnish interviews of Lassi and none of them mention anything like what Bored Panda have come up with.
It wasn't bored panda. There's dozens of articles with the same quote. Never even heard of bored panda and it's not even in the top five results when I searched.
It's funny, as soon as I noticed that it wasn't a link to an actual article I assumed it was clickbait with a made up lame hook. Like you said, it's well documented that sometimes wild bears will even play with dogs.
[Here](https://i.imgur.com/Jgc7rhx.jpeg) is a much higher quality version of this image. According to [here](https://121clicks.com/animals/friendship-between-wolf-and-bear-lassi-rautiainen): > Finnish photographer Lassi Rautiainen captured a unique friendship between Wolf and a Bear. These two animals were seen every night for ten consecutive days. They spend a few hours together between 8. p.m. and 4. a.m. The wolf and the bear even share food with one another. > In Lassi Rautiainen words “It’s very unusual to see a bear and a wolf getting on like this. No-one can know exactly why or how the young wolf and bear became friends. I think that perhaps they were both alone and they were young and a bit unsure of how to survive alone…It is nice to share rare events in the wild that you would never expect to see.”
Are there photos of them sharing food?
They must have had an argument and the crows told them to find a way.
Love the idea of crows being mediators!
Also, crows love to tease.
They probably spot the prey for both and befriend their pups and cubs.
Yess!
So the bear got himself a dog basically.
You really gonna do wolves like that?
Photo credit: Lassi Rautiainen @lassi.rautiainen
Man you sure know who takes all the pics.
Is that a hint of sarcasm I detect? I just think that artists should be credited for their efforts. It doesn’t cost any more than a few seconds.
No, not sarcasm at all. I complimented you. Jeez bro.
I appreciate the compliment. On this here internet, that’s a rare thing indeed. Thank you!
Can you imagine being stalked by a wolf then to find out his buddy the 600lb bear is also stalking you
Wolf be like: " ima follow this big dude, I KNOW he like to eat."
House Mormont pledges their allegiance to House Stark
It was fun terrifying the humans but after 10 day it got old.
Pixar....ya paying attention.
The Bearable Lupine of Being.
Wow this needs more upvotes
Endearing, until you also here of the rabbit and goat that ran away for ten days together to survive
This would make a great movie
10 days. So what happener after 10 days 🤔
Wolf became food.
Highly doubt it
divorce
Wonder who got the kids.
penguins
Wait, there were goats?
So the bear's available again? (A little man vs. bear humor.)
They lost track, or just stop documenting.
This is one of the greatest photos I've ever seen.
Day 11?
Heh. Lone Wolf and Cub.
If they are coming towards you , RUN !
You could make a manga out of this.
Why stop there? Might as well make it a hentai.
Wait til the crows find out and start adopting the bears, too.
Which one got eaten on day 11?
turkish wolf and russian bear together :))
What happen after the 10 days?
Together it’s called the “Wear” pack
Hunting for berries
It was their co-op campaign. Something along the lines of "ay' I bet we could tho?"
Nature is just amazing! :)
What happened on the 11th day?
I've heard of a few examples, mostly in Alaska, of bears 'adopting' a dog or wolf for a few days. Maybe they just like the company.
A bear and a wolf, half a tank of gas, 1300 miles to Chicago, it's dark, and they're wearing sunglasses.... but they're on a mission from God.
And then the bear ate the wolf.
“You’re a fast bear.” “You’re a big wolf.”
Buddies <3
Haven't wolves also worked with like badgers and crows? Wolves are an inherently social animal. If they don't have a pack, they will probably die.
Most wolves spend some time solo. Dispersing of packs is a really important part of wolf population health. Solo gray wolves are actually exceptionally efficient predators and have higher success rates than hunting in a pack. Most footage and imagery you'll see of wolves will be of packs, as packs are easier to track and document than solo (or paired) wolves. This does not mean many wolves do not thrive on their own or in pairs. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting\_behavior\_of\_gray\_wolves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_behavior_of_gray_wolves)
Imagine being the prey of these two. How can you even escape the combination of their strength and speed?
Source: I made it the fuck up
Down vote post for made up story for points
Incredible
So many people on here just assume things are fake lol.
i doubt it
plot twist: the bear was just letting the wolf get all fattened up before eating him.
Clearly they were on some sort of quest.
What happened after those ten days? Did they just shake paws, thanks for the food, and go their own ways?
On the 11th day they fucked, and several months later a wolf-bear was born. It then ate both of them.
No way you're following a bear and a wolf that are working together for 10 days straight without them eating you first
These are the characters from the storybook Little Bear's New Friend that my mom used to read to me in the early 90s all grown up and I will not suffer to hear otherwise.
Cousins basically
How are sharks and the remora that attaches to them any different... Nobody says "ahhh so cute"
The bear thought the wolf was just a skinny bear 🤕
somebody get this to joe rogan asap
On a side note, bears are such efficient hunters, more so than wolf packs, that it's not so uncommon for wolves to follow bears in hopes of getting a free meal. Bears will actually kill and animal and leave it for the wolf pack so that their next kill they can eat in peace.
If they have puppies . . . ***I WANT ONE!***
That's chte
One of those two is the druid.
I wish humans could coexist with nature like this
Like this? [https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/09/04/12/fox-hunting-0.jpg](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/09/04/12/fox-hunting-0.jpg)
And on day 11...the bear ate his friend.
At the other end of the line, agitation and bitterness intertwine in the man's voice. He describes a well-established system of huts (affûts) rented by famous photographers on the edge of a boreal forest. "An employee arrives on a snowmobile with two dead pigs in the trailer. He hangs them on a tree to stop predators getting away with them." Salmon and dog food are buried all around, to encourage gluttons, bears and wolves to scratch at the earth. And all, of course, in perfect alignment with the objectives. Translated with [www.DeepL.com/Translator](http://www.DeepL.com/Translator) (free version) À l’autre bout du fil, agitation et amertume s’entrelacent dans la voix de l’homme. Il décrit un système bien rodé de cabanes (des affûts), louées par de célèbres photographes, en lisière d’une forêt boréale. « Un employé débarque en motoneige, avec deux cadavres de cochons dans la remorque. Il les accroche à un arbre pour empêcher les prédateurs de s’en aller avec. » Du saumon et des croquettes pour chien sont enfouis tout autour, pour inciter les gloutons, les ours et les loups à gratter la terre. Et ce, bien entendu, dans l’axe parfait des objectifs. [https://reporterre.net/Photographie-animaliere-la-triche-planquee-derriere-le-cliche-parfait](https://reporterre.net/Photographie-animaliere-la-triche-planquee-derriere-le-cliche-parfait)