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This guy walked over to us and then climbed into the river for a quick cool down! Such a treat when they wait to do such behaviors in close proximity. It shows the trust.

I have scheduled these in advance and should be home soon from another Alaska Bear Photo Tour with lots more photos!

Look at the muddy face! This little cub was really good at digging clams, especially for being a second summer cub. However, instead of pulling the clams out with its claws like adult bears, this little guy would stick it’s face straight into the mud hole to grab the clam!

A sow with a young cub last week on my Alaska Bear Photo Tour. I believe this is a small second summer cub, however a few folks thought this could be a big cub of the year. Either way, it was cute!

So check this out – this isn’t just your usual set of nursing cubs. One of these cubs is this sow’s second summer off-spring, but the other cub is a third summer bear that has been adopted by this sow. As you can see here, they nurse, play, just like maternal siblings. Pretty incredible!

It is so amazing to see full size bears play like this. This is two of a group of four who played a lot last week! I think this is the same group of sub-adults who banded together a couple of years ago for safety and protection. If so, I would say that bond has continued past the age where most adult bears become fairly solitary. So fun!

A wild wolf! This wolf was being chased by the bear cub and sow I posted earlier today. Well, I think the cub was chasing the wolf, and the sow chasing down the cub! Such a cool surprise last week!

Home for one full day after an amazing Alaska Bear Photo Tour!! We had so much great activity, including 5 different cub nursing sessions, bears playing including adults which I have rarely seen, boars, matting, even spotted wolves on two days! I am ready excited to get back out there.

This is the bear known as crimp and her second summer cub. Crimp had three first year cubs last year. Having only one cub survive the first three years is typical. Funny, last year we were the first humans this cub ever saw, and it was so scared. Crimp walked them by us as to say these humans are safe. This year, the little cub was far more brave, and it wasn’t uncommon for it to approach us!

Here is another photo of brown bears from last year as right now I’m in the middle of a Alaska bear photo tour – hopefully I will have a bunch more new images to share in a couple of days!