[00:02] one of the most difficult videos I've ever recorded. There are eight types of bears in the world danger of extinction. And today we will search for the largest one in all of South America, the spectacled bear. But to achieve that, I will have to overcome [00:15] need to find is the deer, and it's too easy. In fact, it's right here next to me. [music] On level two we will have to to see the world's largest flying bird or, failing that, a [00:29] Andean bear. To get to where he is, we will have to go more than 50 km inland and camp until we reach the valley where we are supposed to find him. I am Carlos and this is The Sheep Farm. I [00:59] I've brought food and water in my suitcase because the idea is not to have to go back to the car if we get tired. I have the camouflage here, and in we see it from a distance, we can focus on it properly and record it [01:12] in detail. Yes, let's see what happens. The truth is that the weather is very bipolar today. It rains, it doesn't rain, it's foggy, then it clears up, the sun comes out of nowhere , it's windy, it isn't, it's changed quite a bit, so that [01:24] could work against us, but it's okay . All I know is that we absolutely have to at the place more than prepared to see the Condor and well, we have to keep an eye battling a bit against the weather because it doesn't want to improve, it keeps [01:37] there in the background. The idea is to stay here for a while, keeping a close eye on that hill in the We have several clues that give us hope that we might be able to see him. Clue one, our guides saw it yesterday. Yes, we saw it yesterday. Clue two, there [01:52] and that's a very good indicator. The condor takes advantage of air currents very well in order to glide and move for a means that it saves a lot of energy because it doesn't have to flap its wings [02:06] much. Track three. We found a dead animal and that's too good because the condor is a scavenger, that is, it feeds on decomposing animals , it doesn't hunt, we are literally in the place where it should be. [02:18] Hairs of a dead guinea pig. For those who don't know, it's a little curio, huh? And it is eagles, the puma. That poor guy eats everything [laughs] the world. read it. What does guinea pig hair smell like? [02:31] Ah, it doesn't smell. It smells like from smelling so many things? It's 100% cat pee. 100% cat pee. [music] [02:45] raining a lot. I can't feel my hands anymore, they hurt a lot. They're already red. Ah, that feeling of them falling asleep and it hurts can be dangerous. I can't even breathing in very cold air and it's hurting too. This doesn't want to stop. [02:58] . In other words, either we leave now or we have to swim back. We definitely had to leave. So, our solution was to go directly to the Rocky Mountains to be closer to him. It sounds very [03:11] about 40 minutes in the rain. Anything to pass the level. Once we arrived exploring it quite thoroughly to try and find any other clues, and if I found them, to have more hope of being able to see him or at least know where he is in order to [03:25] search for him better. But I didn't find it. Yes, the only option was to climb the mountain, but oh no, completely impossible. Similarly, I had already completed this mission 3 years ago, because [03:38] 3 years ago I came here, I also took a walk and the cor came out behind us, behind a tree, too close. So, for me, it's a mission farmers. Something super exciting just happened. We are [music] in [03:50] was here recording something for you and out of nowhere a condor appeared. n't know what it was. I was a frog, anything, and out of nowhere came the condor, like, and out of nowhere came the condor, like, but super majestic. [04:18] also want to tell you that we just saw the Andean eagle. We were in the car and she was lying on one of these rocks and suddenly she started flying around us. Too [04:30] big. It's a huge eagle. It's gray, it's an adult eagle and it probably like to make their nests high up and well, we saw it made one up there on and well, we saw it made one up there on a branch. So listen to this, [04:53] moor, but to accomplish this we have to move to another part of it, where there's a camp. We can pitch our tent and sleep comfortably there, or so I hope. Okay, a lot has happened . We already saw how easy the deer level is [05:05] medium level, and we haven't been able to find the bear yet. What's happening? We have to video yet, relax. We're going to camp continue looking for him tomorrow. It's already 5 pm, we have to set up our [05:18] here, we have to do it. And besides that, we have to do it quickly because we have to go into the woods with some camera traps that I bought, because we were told that a bear was recently spotted there. Then maybe we can [05:31] capture it on video so we have more clues tomorrow and can find him. So let's set up our tent. Tent, no, mansion. Now I'm really going to inflate it. But first, to fully inflate? Leave it in the comments. [05:53] Someone guessed it. Now I have to put the mattresses, the fireplace, Okay, but we don't have much time. So, transition. Perfect. We've already quickly because it started to rain. Seriously, this was five stars. [06:06] right now because it's probably going to be very cold. Apart from that, it started to rain. I don't know if they can hear it, but oh well. A chimney is very important to keep them warm. Apart from that, large mattresses with sleeping bags so we do [06:18] well, we can't leave. Wait a minute , we're not going to light the install these camera traps because in case there is activity while we will be able to capture it and know more or less where he is so we [06:32] can go and look for him and get closer, right? Let's go a little way into the woods. We've already found the first place. We moved about 200 m away from the tent. It's a bear I would go through there. I'm not going to say any more. I'm going to set up the trail camera [06:44] quite camouflaged. Well, I don't think the bear will realize it, and if it does, it's because the camera already saw it. If the bear manages to get a set and passes through here to other side, we will definitely capture it. So, I'm going to set up the camera trap. [06:59] to use an old trick I learned on a reserve in Peru, which is basically to put the phone in selfie mode and you can position it here. So, basically, and that's perfect. It's already installed. We just found the [07:11] perfect spot to put the other trap camera. What's more, I like it more than the ravine. Nothing, I feel there's a higher probability of being able to capture something, so I'm stream in case any animal comes to drink water, so I can see it [07:23] . This would be the perspective of the camera trap, that is, literally this whole area where there is water. So it's a complete success. Perfect. Camera traps installed. Now we just have to wait. But then, in the [07:35] meantime, well, now we're going to light the campfire. God, I'm so cold. go to bed and sleep well is to be able to light it because it already has the coffee here so I can drink it before going to sleep. I have everything here [07:49] because it's getting very cold and resting like this will be impossible. I put the socks here because, imagine, if we're freezing cold right now, wet socks will be impossible because it's going to be very cold in the morning too [08:01] turn this on quickly because I want to go to sleep now. Besides, I'm very go to sleep now. Besides, I'm very tired. [08:20] , but imagine this plan: wait for the fireplace to heat up while you set up a game for your favorite game. Believe me, it's going to be a lot of do this I do it with my family, for example with Julieta and we can spend [08:32] hours literally putting together any kind of set, although Minecraft sets are 's quite different because I'm in the middle of the moor inside a tent, and, well, on a mission to find a bear. But oh well, it's okay. [08:46] because you know I like to build things on the farm and well, in brick, so it feels very personal and for many years because I really enjoy building things. I've been [08:59] will continue to happen because this is for any age. Well, look how I look having fun that I find this incredible. Beware of the creeper. [09:26] fantastic microclimate here. The cold has calmed down considerably. Outside we might be at 0 grams, maybe 1, two, I don't know, but in here we can already be like this. I'm not so sensitive to the cold anymore, but you know, it really worked a lot. There's a [09:39] The water for making coffee is already getting quite hot. In fact, there are a boil. My hair was getting burned just now . Can you believe it? It's too . That means things are really hot in here. We're not going to be cold, [09:54] moment because I was looking at the fire, but it's perfect now. Look, I lift it here and the water is boiling. Excellent. turn it off. It stays there while I prepare my coffee. I have the [10:08] prepare my coffee. I have the coffee here. Maybe a teaspoon and a half. No, the perfection of this is beyond words. Keep warming up. I'm feeling warm. I'm having my coffee. I'm going to rest and see how it turned out. [10:22] rest and see how it turned out. Wow, it's really hot. Oh, God. Hot, but amazing. It barely gets cold. Time for barely gets cold. Time for bed. I've just got [10:48] morning. About an hour ago, around 4:30, the alarm for the camera go and check. I've just got up. I also have to go and check what it was because the sensor was activated , but it could have been like the bear [11:00] been a puma, there are even pumas here, so we don't I'm finally awake because I have to get changed and as soon as I set up the camera traps with the first ray of light . I can't take a bath because [11:14] shampoo, deodorant, and everything else; he can identify us much more bathing. But there might be a bear. And well, chimney update. I was still gives off a little bit of heat, although I had to get up several times during [11:29] little. The last time I refilled it, that is, the last time I put the last firewood in it, was at too cold. It's 6:11 in the morning, I just don't want to take off my gloves. I do , but ah, it's too cold. And besides, I mean, look [11:43] rained all night, it's all humid, it's all cloudy. We are in a camera traps. We're going to check to worries me a little is that there are no footprints or any kind of trace, [11:57] night, the rain can wash away the footprints, so I'm not going to lose trap intact. I need to review the recording on the computer. Then I'll grab the other trail camera and check it out later. [12:10] honest. The trap camera is simply there . Wait, I think I just , obviously it's not a bear, they're small footprints, but they're from an animal. There's background, come see if we can get a little closer, there's a large footprint. We ca [12:24] or not, because we literally put our foot in there and sink. Maybe it is, I don't Trap intact. The angle we left it at was pointing in that direction. You know, it just made me was a trace of something we don't know what it is, we should check the place [12:39] , and we might find some other clue. You know what? I'm going to leave the cameras here and we'll take a quick look. We might find, I don't know, more bear poop. yes [laughs] there was. What's that? Bear fur [12:52] . There was bear hair, I swear. Look, he went to look for the logs , they scratch themselves against logs. So, sometimes it's normal like a knot of bear fur, literally in the angle where [13:04] I need to go check the camera traps now because if the recording was, I do close, we have to go look for it. But hey , bear hair, this is the best far. Okay, now I'm going to review the footage. I have the recordings here [13:17] camera trap, which, to be honest , I've already checked thoroughly. Look, I have folders and I literally didn't record anything. No recording can be found, not like the easiest animal to see. No, that first camera didn't pick up anything, but [13:30] well, the one that set off the alarm at 4 in the morning was the other one, so captured anything. I'm going to check the other recording, which is from the trail camera that did nervous, to be honest. It could be anything. Imagine, instead of [13:42] the one at four o'clock, the one that activated the sensor and sent the notification to my cell phone. Let's see what it was. We'll clear up the doubt. It can't be that it wait. It ca n't be that it was the bear. It was [13:55] the bear. I swear to you. I mean, the last thing I thought was that there really was... Oh speechless, sorry. They hardly move at night. It was very difficult for us to slightly regret not going to check because I would have found it already, but it gives me [14:10] means it's very close to us. We have to go and find him. We now have the last now we have to go to the next point. What's going on? Okay, we know problem is, look at the weather, there's too much fog. So, whether the bear [14:25] see it. And apart from that, if it starts to rain very hard or very steadily, the stay there sleeping all day. Or, if they like this weather, they might decide not to go to sleep, but to go out and cool off, because since they have a lot of [14:38] So, anyway, let's move on to the next point, which is a gap, and see what happens. We're already track the bear because, I mean, they literally told us that these where we're going, it happens that it's a little far from where we [14:53] rich, rich. Look, look, there's a feeder there. There's a feeder over there. Yes, yes. Down there's a food stand, look. No, don't you see what I'm telling you? We check if it's fresh, because if it is , the bear has to be around here somewhere [15:06] . This is a eating place, that is, it's called where the bear practically ate. that he eats. I grab it with gloves because it gets me, if you notice, it has several punctures. The bear ate, but the bear is very tidy because he left them [15:20] here in perfect order. Many times there are birds like this, so it's tidy and there are prickly pear leaves all around . That's because she's a mother with babies, because babies aren't tidy. I'm going to try it. We need to [15:32] the bear eats is this white part here . The leaf itself is not eaten. Then I'm going to take it out. This is tough, but oh no, well, no. This one's already done. Well, I don't know what a plant can taste like. Oh no, it's really tough. It [15:46] fits like a young, young lettuce. Fresh lettuce. eat it too. Well, there's a food stall. The bear is near. I have to speak softly because we n't scare him. He has a very good ear. Check this out. We just found it [16:01] on this path, so we're going to go in and look for it. Another feeder. Look, these surprised to see some hair or something around there. Literally what it does is pull it out and eat this little bit. All of this was bitten by a bear. Here on [16:14] have seen him several times for that very reason, because there is plenty of food for him. What's are very good at climbing and like to climb up to sleep. But it's not just good trees, there are these kinds of hollows under the trees. If he [16:28] wants to climb up and sleep, he can, but if not, he can sleep down here and stay ecosystem that's very, well, very well adapted to the bear, I would say. So, you have to have a very good eye because the bear is very dark and it [16:41] we just can't see it. We're going to look for it very carefully because we do n't want to mess it up. There's plenty of food for him here. God, I truly feel that we are very close. It even scares me a little. It's [16:54] looking for a bear. So you have to look up very carefully. It may be above a little deeper. We also need to check the tree trunks because remember, they scratches, he leaves hair around. It may be recent. I'm afraid. I'm afraid. I don't know [17:08] why I'm afraid. Look, there are broken branches. In other words, the bear could have weight, because bears can weigh up to 170 kg or more. Look, here's a broken branch break could have been stepped on by the bear or it could even have lain down on it and [17:24] well, it broke it. We had to move forward in the car and it seemed to us that they saw the bear. They're watching, answer the radio there. Oa. Oh, bear. I told them, I told them we're close to the bear. Let him laugh, let him laugh, let him be [17:37] . Run, run. It's time I didn't speak here. We ca n't talk. We can't talk. [17:49] minutes after I showed them everything in this forest where they were supposed to have seen the bear, 2 minutes after that we were heading towards the lagoon and it . I mean, we arrived and there were some people there and they told us, "Come on, come on, [18:02] radio, but we didn't hear it, and well, he showed up. It's just that we couldn't see it fog. So, no matter how close it was, the impossible. But we were already close to the bear, we didn't see it, we were close. [18:20] deer. And I just had a fresh poop. I feel compelled to smell it. I almost could n't find it, but oh well, it's here. If it changes color, well, the one I had already smelled wasn't that light, but let's smell it. I don't want to touch it [18:32] let's smell it. I don't want to touch it with my hand because this one is fresh. what? I don't care. Make sure it's fresh. I'm going to grab it. Oh yes, it's hot. Ah. to grab it. Oh yes, it's hot. Ah. Ah, let's see. [18:46] That smells strange, like cat pee. You know what? If you've made it this far, don't talk much about venison. I couldn't put it back on. Okay, I'm going to give you some context about where we are right now . We are in the valley of [18:59] frailejones. And they tell us that there have been several bear sightings here too to be honest, we're really losing hope because, how is that possible? We've been to all the places where the bear is supposed to eat, [19:12] seen it. We've been here for two days now and we've really done a lot and haven't had any results. And now we have the last place left, which is Launa. It's find it there, then the tour ends, meaning we would lose against the [19:26] I have little faith, I have to admit it, to be honest. No, I don't think we'll make it. We 're here. Let's make one last attempt. [music] We have nothing to lose, right? Finally, we are closer to finishing the mission, even if we don't complete it, than to turning [19:41] back. So, we'll just have to move on . We have officially reached the chance to see the bear. So, our plan now is to go [music] a little deeper into this whole forest, which actually has a river [19:54] going to show you. to sit and wait for the bear to arrive. You might say, comes at me in bright colors, any animal that sees me will easily detect away." Well, yes, I know, in fact, it wasn't very smart of me to come in [20:06] I have my camouflage tent, and basically I put it on and I'll be So I go, I set up in a strategic location, I put up my wait for the bear to arrive. We'll most likely make it, but hey [20:21] , we're taking on much more, going through ravines, small lakes, literally through the bear's home. It's a long way off, but we have to achieve it. found something that really excites me, and it's one of the reasons we [20:34] treason on this channel, we have to smell the bear's poop. And look what we just found. Bear poop. God, I'm so excited because you know compare it to something so you can kind of understand what [20:48] bear poop smells like. If you notice, it has these fibers. Look, it has quite a lot of fiber. All those leaves are prickly pears. The plant that I showed them, the one I told them times of the year when it only feeds on thorns and comes out this color. And [21:01] feeds on many forest fruits that are red, purple, and pink. And the poop comes out this color. It looks much nicer than this. Oh my God, I have to smell it. But before you leave your comments, pause this video [21:15] and write what you think bear poop smells like . Let's see if you can guess [music] before I say it. Oh, what a peculiar smell. It smells, it doesn't smell like animal poop. I mean, it is , but I already know what it smells like. It smells like [21:30] cut, wet grass. I'm going to grab a bigger piece. Oh, this is bear poop. God, he has many plants. Look, I ate quite a lot of pua. It smells aromatic. Ah, it [21:44] smells good. It smells aromatic. It gives me hope that we are close to the bear. We smelled bear poop. I'm happy. We're doing too well. We just found the another clue that tells us we have the bear closer, and look, [21:57] there's a frailejón that's been eaten. The entire stem has been eaten by a bear, and that's what I was talking about. It's very rare to see this, but apparently it's because many times the bear doesn't find the nearest thorn and has cubs, so she needs more food than [22:09] monkfish. Like I said, this is very strange. And it also indicates that we can find a female bear with cubs. We officially arrived at the location. The idea the tent back here, I have the camera to record it, I have the tripod, I would [22:22] n't need anything else. So, well, I'm going to put everything together. plan is to wait here [music] until it appears, and it absolutely has to appear [22:38] know what? I won't keep you waiting any longer. It just happened, it just appeared. It just appeared. Finally, finally it appeared. My God, after two days of tree. We can't hear it, it's impossible that it's [22:52] God, I swear I've never seen anything like this before . I've explored many places, . I got to see it, and this is the first time after camping and everything we the first time after camping and everything we did to be able to see it. [23:17] to the farm and we ran into one right here on the road? I [23:36] I am still truly amazed because it is one of the most saw this one in its natural habitat, unlike the condor, the tiger, and the were under human control. The experience is very different, and that is what I am here [23:49] and that is that you may ask yourselves, why did I do this? Why did I want to go see the bear? Basically, so that you could get to know him and understand his importance gardener of the moor. The bear eats the seeds of the fruits and everything else [24:01] in the moor. It walks and when it poops it releases seeds and this and thanks to that we have water, because all the plants in the moor help us produce water, capture it and give it to us [24:15] without water there are basically no humans. So, really, we have to take good care of it, for example, by not supporting the house, obviously, not supporting animal trafficking either, not supporting the expansion of crops in [24:27] is its home and we must respect it. It was always done with great respect, with people professional, professional guides who told us what to do, and everything professionals. It wasn't bad, absolutely nothing we did. So the [24:41] more people who know about the bear, the more we friends, your family, your teachers, and your schools so they can teach generations the importance of the spectacled bear, and not only of it, but [24:56] Remember that if you liked this video you can like, comment, subscribe and share it if I forgot any good ones. You already know. Goodbye farmers.