You know how they say 'never work with children or animals'? Well, today's video is an example of how working with bears can be somewhat unpredictable!

Last week our Vietnam sanctuary bear care team was all set for introducing recently rescued bear Noon to established resident P.J. After spending 20 years trapped in a tiny cage on a bile farm Noon was ready to meet his very first friend... or so we thought!

It can seem that once bears are introduced they become instant firm friends, but this video shows that it doesn't always work that way. Even when we've assessed the bears' personalities and temperaments and matched them accordingly, just like with humans, they don't always hit it off straight away.

This video is wonderfully narrated by Ngoc (who can name all 200 bears at the Vietnam sanctuary by sight!) and at 16 minutes it's longer than we usually share.

But Ngoc takes us deep behind the scenes to give an insight into the delicate and intricate process that is bear integration, and finds out exactly how and why we do it at our two sanctuaries.