'Nat Geo Train Wreck': Bear Devours Ducklings During Kid's Birthday Party at Seattle Zoo

A brown bear shocked children and adult visitors alike when she dived into a pool to devour several ducklings in her habitat at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington, on Tuesday, April 23. Video filmed and posted to TikTok by Rachelle shows the bear, Juniper, eyeing the mama duck and her ducklings before plunging into the water and eating ducklings one after the other. "A Nat Geo train wreck for my daughter's birthday, thanks Juniper!" she joked in her TikTok caption. Speaking to Storyful, Rachelle said they had been "excited to see the bears being so active" but "quickly realized Juniper had a snack in her sight." She said it was cool to see animals "doing their thing" and stressed that her children were not traumatized by the incident. It was also not the first such incident at the pond, as a https://www.reddit.com/r/HardcoreNature/comments/13fnsxx/bear_eats_baby_duck_at_a_zoo_in_front_kids/ posted online in 2023 showed a bear chomping on ducklings as several screaming children watched through the same windows. Storyful could not independently verify if it was the same bear. According to the Woodland Park Zoo https://blog.zoo.org/2022/07/zoo-takes-in-orphaned-brown-bear-cub.html website , Juniper is an orphaned brown bear who was found roaming alone in Anchorage, Alaska, and became the zoo's darling after she was introduced to the public for the first time. (Footage by Rachelle/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)