YouTube video shows B.C. grizzly chewing on GoPro camera

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A U.K.-based filmmaker who has been collecting footage of grizzlies in Knight Inlet,on B.C.'s west coast, recently hadoneof his cameras snatched bya curious bear.

John Kitchin posted the video of the encounter to YouTube last week with the simple description: "[A]grizzly bear stole my GoPro and chewed it."

The videoindeed shows a couple of grizzlies lounging around on a wooden bridge.

One of the bears saunters up to the camera, and grabs it in its mouth.After some time carrying it around, dropping it, picking it back up, and chewing on the camera. After around two minutes, the bear finally gets bored withthe GoPro, drops it and leaves.

The camera wasn't completely destroyed, merely punctured, but the last video clip recorded was corrupted bythe chewingsession, Kitchin said.

Kitchin, who isworking toward a PhD,said on his website that he likes to use GoPros to record bear footage and will likelycontinue to do so.

"The camera's size means they are relatively discreet, so usually ignored by the bears," he said.