Two of the three Alaska brown bear (Ursos arctos) siblings playing in muddy water in a roadside ditch near the Angoon garbage dump, Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska, USA.
Whenever I was in Angoon, usually at the beginning of a kayaking trip after I had caught the ferry from Petersburg with my kayak, and my gear and food, I always visited the city dump, which was a 20 minute walk from the beach. Sometimes they were having a bath in the ditch alongside the road, and I was able to observe their playful behaviour in the water, although with a little trepidation, because they always seemed to have one eye on me. They seemed to be OK with my presence as long as I just stood in one spot and didn't move around too much.
- Filename
- Alaska-wildlife-bearAlaska-wildlifeAlaska-wildlifeAlaska-bear7_.jpg
- Copyright
- Duncan Murrell
- Image Size
- 4399x2975 / 13.9MB
- Contained in galleries
- Bears, Moose and Wolves
