Bears sleep for months and don't get bed sores. Your move, modern medicine.
Bears and the hitherto unexplained mechanisms of their organism (such as hibernation) are the focus of medical research. As humans and bears are genetically very similar, scientists hope that more detailed research will lead to a breakthrough in the fight against widespread ailments. Can human medicine really learn from bears?
Cinematography
Bears looking unbothered, moisturized, thriving in their element
Writing
Science explained without making you feel stupid
Director
Thierry Robert
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bears recycle urea into protein during hibernation—essentially manufacturing their own food from waste. Your body could never.
This film quietly joins a wave of 'medical biomimicry' docs that question why we reinvent what evolution already perfected. LIGHT spoiler: the answer is funding.
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