Brown Bear Playtime

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted December 16, 2009667 views5 comments

I took this photo at the Capt. Cook State Park in Alaska. This yearly brown bear was playing with a discarded antifreeze container. She and her brother will probably be moved from the park because they were getting into the campground and stealing kids toys. The photo was taken with a Nikon D300, ISO 320, 1/400 sec. set at F10. The lens was a Tamron 200-500 set at 500mm.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on December 16, 2009 at 2:26 PM

Absolutely adorable! You hate to see wildlife playing with trash, but this one makes it look cute here.

As for the photo itself, the only problem is the OOF vegetation - but that's a minor issue when you have a scene like this.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on December 22, 2009 at 6:33 PM

It's a lovely capture and a well-earned EP; congratulations.

But antifreeze is highly poisonous, tastes "sweet" to mammals, and leads to a nasty, slow death in even small amounts. The traces that are probably in the jug could easily kill the cub...

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 23, 2009 at 2:53 AM

Great shot, but sad commentary on the mess we leave for the animals.
Congrats on the EP!

Sandy r

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on January 18, 2010 at 5:58 PM

I agree with the others - very cute pose for the bear, but too bad the little guy is playing with dangerous trash. Well seen. Congrats on the EP!

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on January 22, 2010 at 10:11 PM

Great shot.. I would clone out the top right blur of vegitation..

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