Watch CBC Wild Docs online: Episode 5 The Ultimate Bear

Over a thousand pounds, with powerful muscles and formidable claws … the world's biggest bears are the largest, strongest land-dwelling carnivores on earth. Adult polar, brown (Grizzly) and black bears can take down prey with a single bite or swipe of the paw. And that's only part of their power: bears can run at amazing speeds, have powerful senses of smell and some of the strongest, most formidable jaws in the animal kingdom. They sport superb weaponry that's essential to their survival as they seek food, territory and mates. And with bears and humans crossing paths more often, it's perhaps never been more important to understand 'bear power'. Ultimate Bear gets as close as anyone dares to the world's biggest bears for a full profile of bear power. The film analyzes footage of predation (and rare attacks on humans) to deconstruct the muscle-and-bone 'mechanics' that endow bears and reveal their exceptional survival secrets. Using CGI combined with cutting-edge dissection and imaging of bear brains, we also look inside these creatures and examine the bio-engineering of the world's biggest bears - endowed not just with size, speed and power but powers of sensory detection that may be the best of any animal on earth. We will also look beyond their sheer size and ferocity - to unpack the real complexity of bear.

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