In human perception, the wolf is a fearsome animal, and a pack of wolves acting in an assembly is even more fearsome.

However, when experts were engaged in wildlife research work, they found that wolves were often at a disadvantage when dueling with brown bears, which could even easily prey on the cubs of the pack.

Why are the ferocious and cunning wolves unable to win in front of the lumbering brown bears?

Why do brown bears prey on wolf cubs? Are brown bears really not afraid of pack wolves?

Any animal has the instinct to protect its cubs, and even some seemingly soft herbivores are even willing to fight with fierce carnivores to protect their cubs.

But wolves, as carnivores, are not willing to fight to protect their own cubs.

This is because the survival instinct of wolves is obviously higher than the instinct to protect their cubs, and they will only hide when they see brown bears attacking their cubs.

When the brown bear had eaten and drunk enough and gone far away, the mother wolf slowly approached the den to check the damage.

The brown bear is a simple and honest animal in human perception, so why would it kill a wolf cub?

1. Supplemental Nutrition

The human stereotype that bears like to eat honey is actually not true. Bears are omnivorous animals.

In addition to honey, bears also like to eat berries.

In order to get enough energy bears will run to the river to feel the fish, and the fish that bears prey on are rainbow trout and salmon, which are their favorite species.

In this case, it makes sense that bears prey on wolf cubs.

Because wolf cubs and river fish, like brown bears, are not very difficult to hunt and are very rich in nutritional value.

At the same time, brown bears do not have the same moral values as humans, and they do not feel any guilt when they prey on cubs.

2. Easy to capture

Compared to preying on young and strong animals, it is obviously easier to prey on old and sickly prey as food.

And it is even easier when the cubs have just been born. Instead of fighting with wolves, brown bears will naturally choose to prey on their newborn cubs.

3. Stifle potential rivals

Wolves and brown bears can be said to be two animals that are completely incompatible with each other, and they have a mutually hostile relationship with each other.

Wolves will prey on brown bear cubs, and brown bears will dig up and eat wolf cubs in their dens.

As the mature wolf cubs are considered to be a threat to their living space, brown bears will choose to kill the immature cubs first.

If the brown bear is not power itself, it naturally does not dare to attack the wolves.

It even struts around and bites and eats wolf cubs. So why are brown bears not afraid of wolves?

1. Huge size

The brown bear is a huge terrestrial mammal, and even the tiger, known as the "king of all animals", does not dare to take the initiative to mess with it.

The brown bear is so large that its weight alone puts most animals down.

Adult male brown bears are very heavy, weighing 135-545 kg, which is two to nine times the weight of an adult human.

2. Flexibility

The brown bear's body may look bulky, but it is actually very flexible. Its limbs are so strong that it can run as fast as 56 kilometers per hour, which is almost as fast as a car.

The brown bear's running speed is so fast and its staying power is so great.

This can be seen from the fact that it was chased by five wolves and not only was it not caught but successfully killed the wolves instead.

In fact, there are many animals in nature like brown bears that are unattractive but contain endless energy.