Bear Hug (Great Pictures)

The Great White Hunter ^ | 1/29/10 | Ryan Benson

[OneVike]

In these series of photos, you will see a polar bear come upon some sled dogs tethered to a steak. Normally you would think that a dog tethered to a steak would be lunch for a polar bear, but these pictures tell a completely different story. From what I can see, the polar bear just wanted to play and get a little brotherly love. The professional photographer who took these photos said, the bear came back every night that week to play with the dogs. Excellent photos, taken by Norbert Rosing when he was in the wilds around Canada’s Hudson Bay.

There are a few more images here the
"Great White Hunter's blog".

[DariusBane]

Tethered to a steak... Doggy Heaven!

[HerrBlucher]

I remember reading a story about a man and his wife, who are now bear poop, who believed as you do. Ok it was a grizzly that pooped them, but still......

[TigersEye]

I guess the bear had nothing to lose by dropping its defenses. Pretty amazing that the dog settled down and accepted the benign advances of the bear. I wonder how the photographer remained outside this circle of love?

[windcliff]

Cute ping.

[TigersEye]

LOL You’re braking me up.

[The_Reader_David]

That’s cool, but I suspect if the dogs had been tethered to a steak, they’d have run away from the bear dragging dinner behind them.

As it was, tethered to a stake, we got to see this heartwarming display of interspecies affection.

[Edgewood Pilot]

“Stake” vs “steak” ??

[Houghton M.]

No, misteaks grow just about everywhere imaginable.

[OneVike]

I wonder how the photographer remained outside this circle of love?

I am guessing he used a telephoto lens.

Now as for the steak jokes, come on people, give a guy a break. It has been a long day.....

LOL.

I think everyone is having as much fun over my miss spelling as they are over the photos.

[Oztrich Boy]

Normally you would think that a dog tethered to a steak would be lunch for a polar bear

The steak could be the appetizer

[muawiyah]

I did say "successor species", right?

That's what happens. We become stupider. They become smarter. They eat us. We become poop.

Do not trust polar bears.

[sionnsar]

Tethered to a steak? And the dogs didn’t eat it?

[TigersEye]

How cold is it up there?

It's soooo cold you can pound a steak into the ice and use it as a stake. lol

Sorry, OneVike, I didn't even know you wrote the text. We'll have to make it up to you and take you out for a good stake sometime. ;^)

[sionnsar]

Looked nice, but the initial photos could be read differently.

This one persuaded me:

VERY nice, thanks!!!

[mamelukesabre]

Old photos.

As I remember, the story behind those photos went something like this:

The game warden, or park ranger, or whatever the appropriate authority agency is, decided the bear was a menace and tranquilized it to relocate it away from humans. (or maybe it was simply shot and the carcass was removed and disposed of)

Then a new bear moved into the vacated territory. The new bear didn’t like dogs and every single one of these dogs in these photos was killed by the new bear.

This is from memory. I believe the story was in a national geographic issue a few years ago. Maybe as much as ten years ago.

[OneVike]

ROTFLMAI,

I am having way too much fun reading the comments about me miss-spelling....

[sionnsar]

Sorry, OneVike, I didn't even know you wrote the text. We'll have to make it up to you and take you out for a good stake sometime. ;^)

OneVike, just a suggestion: If they take you out for a stake and invite you to "tie one on," do respectfully decline. *\;-)

[OneVike]

Ok, then how on God’s green earth did the quote, quote, appropriate authority agency, get the tranquilized bear to play with the dogs?

That sounds more contrived then what the photographer is saying

[OneVike]

OneVike, just a suggestion: If they take you out for a stake and invite you to "tie one on," do respectfully decline.

I promise to take you up on your advice, especially if they promise to give me a big bear hug before taking me home....

[mamelukesabre]

He didn’t. Every bear is an individual. That particular individual simply liked dogs. He was unique. That’s why it was a bad move to remove him.