# What is happening here? YouTube videos

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-here-youtube-videos/540679>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 25, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-here-youtube-videos/540679 "2010-05-25T06:01:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-here-youtube-videos/540679/1 "2010-05-25T06:01:23Z")

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Is this bear demonstrating tool use, or what?

[Kung Fu Bear](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghgg_fukbvU)

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-here-youtube-videos/540679/2 "2010-05-25T06:06:31Z")

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So it begins…

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-here-youtube-videos/540679/3 "2010-05-25T06:14:14Z")

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Looks like he’s just playing. Maybe it’s an ex-circus bear.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-here-youtube-videos/540679/4 "2010-05-25T20:08:54Z")

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For it to be tool use, he’d have to be using it to accomplish some other task. This is just play.

But it’s pretty damn impressive play. I can’t do most of that, and I have opposable thumbs.