Posted on 03/04/2021 12:16:08 PM PST by SJackson
Photographer Kunal Singh snapped the picture in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming
A nature photographer captured the moment that one of the oldest known living grizzly bears noticed another bear getting a little too close to her cubs. The image shows the protective mother standing up on her hind legs while her cubs hide behind her.
Photographer Kunal Singh snapped the picture in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, Southwest News Service (SWNS) reports. According to the photographer, he had originally planned on just taking some "nice pictures" that day when he came across the scene.
"My adrenaline was going when I saw her stood up, because it was a once-in-a-lifetime shot," he told SWNS. "She's an incredible animal, an apex predator, and the most famous grizzly bear alive. I went out with the aim of getting some nice pictures, but I never could have hoped to get anything that good."
He continued, "Moments like that are really as good as it gets. It was one of the most memorable scenes I've photographed, without question. I was snapping as many photographs as I could, so I didn't stop to look at them, but when she stood up, I sensed I'd captured something special. Just seconds later, she ran off with the cubs in tow, so it was a fantastic moment to capture."
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The bear in the photo is known as Grizzly 399, who is one of the oldest known grizzly bears living in the United States. She has raised at least 16 cubs and, as Fox News has previously reported, has spent much of her life in the public spotlight. She was last spotted last year, when she would have been 24 years old. Most grizzly bears die before the age of 25.
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Nice picture. Looks like she's waiting for the postman to bring her family their covid check.
Or perhaps looking for “pickinic baskets”...:)
I do wish your father would get back with dinner...I just love KFC...
4 babies....Lot to handle even when you’re a grizzly mama....
They've been in need of it for years...
Any party plans for her birthday? BIG social distancing for sure.
Quadruplet grizzly cubs are exceedingly rare. I’ve seen triplets on the beach with mama on Admiralty Island in SE Alaska, from a boat. Springtime brings them down to feed on sedge grass after hibernation and they will graze until their bellies are bulging.
Apparently English is this individual’s second language.
Such a great photo.
Four cubs.
Isn’t that unusual?
Liberals! Please walk right up and feed the those cute baby bears..... Show your support for wildlife and get cred on Facebook.
Heheheheh
Bears bring this out in us.
My wife would say “That looks like you when you are scratching your back on a door jamb...”
My wife usually obliges me when I need a backscratch, but late at night when I need to use the restroom, sometimes I have to stop at the door frame and use it as a backscratcher to get an itch I can’t reach.. lol..
Yes, usually 1,2 or maybe 3. But there have been as many as 6.
She’s smarter than the ave-a-ridge bear. 4 cubs. Wow!
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