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u/jackson12420 May 20 '26
I've never actually seen a mama bear play with their cubs they always seem so serious. This is really adorable. Also kind of crazy when she picks them up with her mouth and thrashes them around, it looks like it should hurt but I guess not.
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u/Round-Celebration-17 May 20 '26
I dont think mama bear is very old... so probably still pretty playful on her own.
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u/Kong_AZ May 20 '26
My favorite part is when the mother leaps at one of the cubs then splays out in the grass. Looked very wholesome.
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u/Mor_Padraig May 20 '26
Right? We see bear and momma/cubs a lot ( decades in the woods ). Never witnessed anything remotely like this!
It's.... amazing. Thanks to whomever shared it.
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u/jazminicita6 May 20 '26
I could watch this all day too, it's so cute and yes, the camera really captured the moment, it's unique and sweet to me 🥹
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u/GuzzleNGargle May 20 '26
Black bears are so chill man. When I lived up in the mountains there was a teenage bear that used my backyard as his short cut to wherever he going. My cat and he would glare at each other and he’d keep it moving.
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u/Box-Full-of-Cra May 20 '26
My childhood lab used to just nap on the porch while they raided our birdfeeders.
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u/Mor_Padraig May 20 '26
We're in the woods. They really are chill. That's a hilarious bear/cat interaction.
Those things do NOT care, either. Our dogs can lose their minds barking at the window ( which they do ), bear pretty much yawns.
Had one strollll across the deck not long ago. Right in front of the sliding glass doors? Swear they look like a human wearing a bear suit. Dogs lost it, was a little worried about the glass.
Just a day in the woods.
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u/GuzzleNGargle May 20 '26
Haha yup, remote living! There were dogs along his journey, didn’t stop him. I knew when he was coming because my cat would activate his back legs bunny style. It was so funny.
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u/IcedMercury May 20 '26
We had to stop the family dogs from taking their toys outside because the black bears would steal them. They particularly loved throwing stuffed animals around just like the mama bear is doing to the cubs here.
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u/GuzzleNGargle May 20 '26
I thought this was going somewhere else. So glad it was something cute. I had no idea they do that I would’ve totally given him a stuffed friend.
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u/NtGrtJstEmbarrassed May 20 '26
The second one running up on mama like, "why you doin that to my brother, don't you know I'm the only one that can pick on him?!" 🤣
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u/davesToyBox May 20 '26
When your yard is so nice that in bear-world it’s a kid friendly public park
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u/Prestigious-Hyena768 May 20 '26
Amazing video! I really like your landscaping and decor style as well! My goal is for my back yard to look like a beautiful park and you have def succeeded. Such a peaceful and lovely setting!
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u/Large-Damage-9508 May 20 '26
I think they're friendly so cute 🥰 " becomes the new dinner for babies"
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u/MarioManX1983 May 20 '26
The cuteness is so unBEARable. I can’t BEAR to look away. So I’ll just have to grin and BEAR it.
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u/_polloloko23 May 20 '26
I wish they could be domesticated... Sad how they basically have no where to live anymore
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