What the F**k is Going On With Japan's Bears?

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

Tooth & Claw

True Crime, Nature, Science, Comedy

4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Japan has been seeing a higher-than-usual rate of violent encounters with bears. Wes explains why that might be and what should be done about it. Watch here: https://youtu.be/EnkSTRJoVxE ~~ Smalls: For a limited time, get 60% off your first order, plus free shipping, when you head to http://Smalls.com/TOOTH Aura Frames: Exclusive $35 off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/TOOTH Promo Code TOOTH Hollow Socks: For a limited time, Hollow Socks is having a Buy 2, Get 2 Free Sale—head to https://Hollowsocks.com for up to 50% off your order. #HollowSockspod Quince: Go to http://Quince.com/tooth for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. LMNT: Get a free 8-count Sample Pack with any purchase at http://drinklmnt.com/tooth ~~ To advertise on the show, contact us! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/c/toothandclawpodcast ~~ Tooth & Claw is brought to you by QCODE. Support the show and get access to an extensive library of exclusive episodes like this by supporting the show on Patreon or joining the Grizzly Club on Apple Podcasts. For the latest updates on the show and all things wildlife, follow us at toothandclawpod.com and social: Instagram: @ToothandClawPodcast Twitter: @ToothandClawPod Wes: @GrizKid Jeff: @jefe_larson Mike: @mikey3ds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome everyone to Tooth and Claw podcast. We have our bear biologist, West Larson. I am his younger brother.
0:22.1	I was a field tech for bears.
0:24.2	I'm pretty much a bear biologist by now.
0:26.1	Pretty much not.
0:26.7	And we have Mike Smith, who is our sound tech.
0:33.1	Sound guy.
0:33.9	Sound guy.
0:35.1	Master diver.
0:36.8	Yeah.
0:37.4	And just all around good guy. He's sick today too. He's not
0:41.2	feeling good. I try to be. Yeah. I really try to be good. Not sick. Sorry. I kind of. What if you did
0:47.5	just try to be sick all the time? There's people that do that, right? Yeah. Because I think that's
0:52.7	Munchausen syndrome. And then there's Munchausen's
0:54.9	by proxy, which is where someone keeps you sick because they like taking care of you or whatever.
1:00.5	I don't know. Okay. But I had that. Don't listen to me. I don't know any of this. A little bit growing
1:05.9	up I had the exaggerate an injury or whatever. Like if I like rolled my ankle at recess, I'd like limp really exaggerate my limp the rest
1:18.0	of the day.
1:18.5	So people would be like, oh, are you okay?
1:20.7	Yeah.
1:21.3	That's just being a dude.
1:22.6	That's what we do.
1:23.8	You know who does that a lot is Shay Gilgis Alexander.
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