Brown Bears (Info, Pics and Videos)

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These photos are from Finland, Kuusamo and August 2016. Nature photographer Pekka Toivonen observed how two 2,5 years old bears (some say cubs and some young subadults) were playing around with a young wold for an hour. They played with each others also in some other days if I understood right what Pekka was telling in some comments. Pretty rare photos to see youngsters of these species simply playing with each others in the wild.

That wolf looks maybe a bit odd, but for instance another and very experienced nature photographer Lassi Rautiainen has commented these photos, that it looks like young wolf. And that he has seen something similar time to time. Rautiainen is quite well known person, who has published a book of bears and wolves named Fighters. I value personally his opinion over most people, when talking about recognizing a wolf from a photo. I know, that some people have had doubts if a wolf or a dog. Then again, those are wild bears, so even if it would be a dog, it would be just as astonishing situation.

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This article contains a video clip in which are several other photos from this incident.
https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/hilpeaa-telmintaa-suden-ja-karhun-reppuselkaleikit-kuvannut-pekka-antaa-tarkean-vinkin-miten-karhu-pitaisi-kohdata-luonnossa-ja-mita-ihminen-voisi-karhun-luonteesta-oppia/7682670?fbclid=IwAR11YJFu5ZdnBAq1SqK4pMf9p7NTESFysn1lYrmBk7ZGjFL89c6wB1kRBeE#gs.qnekh4

In this photo same wolf meeting a female bear with cubs, this bear didn´t let the wold to take contact with cubs though. Toinonen mentions, that situation was calm overall, but mother was worried and ordered cubs to climb to the tree time to time when wolf was close and swiped so, that wolf flew/rolled a few meters aside.

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