"Clayton Lamb, a PhD candidate at the University of Alberta who studies grizzly populations, says the mother bear never would have led her cub over such treacherous terrain unless they were fleeing something — in this case, the loud, buzzing drone that was filming them." 


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"The video was originally uploaded to YouTube by a company called ViralHog."


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"..The camera zooms extremely close to the bears. At the same time, the mother appears to look directly at the remote-controlled helicopter, and even appears to swat at the device—which then seems to cause the cub to fall back down the slope." https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/drone-brown-bear-video-russia-wildlife-harrassment-news/ …
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Virality incentives are all screwed up, part zillion. Backlash, awareness and maybe demonetization is all we got.
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I’m no wildlife expert, and I’m a sucker for cute baby animal videos—but that thing felt off. It appeared in my feed again again so I watched it many times. As soon as I saw “cub, drone, buzzing” it clicked. That weirdly aggressive pawing that sent the cub down... The staring...
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Thanks for clarifying. I found this video disturbing.
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Me too. Especially all the guff about the moral of the story being to nevet give up.
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omg i'm sick over this so awful.
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I was upset to see random accounts arguing with one researcher that asked for the tweet to be taken down...
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Even before I knew the backstory, I hated watching this video. It is painful to watch, not cute at all. Now, it's infuriating.
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