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Alaskan Brown bear brings her cubs over to us after being chased by a big boar on the coast of Alaska. *I am a professional bear guide with over 10 years of experience do not attempt* We set up in low tide viewing this bear from about 100 yards away, then from the other side of ther, a boar (male brown bear) chased her and her cubs in our direction. Making sure to not startle her by standing and moving around, we stayed put. I spoke to her calmly throughout the encounter, she continued clamming near us but then carried on with the cubs. Although close encounters are intentionally avoided because bears can be unpredictable, Sometimes there is no option to get out of the way. So we remained calm and let the encounter take its course. It’s important to understand this is a Coastal Brown bear that is used to humans being around, she understands we are not a threat. This would play out different with a non habituated bear. If you ever intend on coming to Alaska to see bears on the coast, always hire an experienced guide. Never approach bears under any circumstances. This is a unique situation in this region and I have been around this particular bear and others like her here for over 10 years. There is nowhere else in the world I would feel comfortable being this close to a Bear with cubs.

♬ original sound - Casey Cooper

Srečanje se je zgodilo na le nekaj korakov razdalje – medvedka in mladiči so mirno šli mimo njega, medtem ko je on sedel na obali. Cooper je medvedko posnel na video, ki je postal viralen s preko 6,3 milijona ogledov, in dodal komentar: "Rjava medvedka mi prinaša svoje mladiče." Posnetek prikazuje, kako ga medvedka za trenutek pogleda naravnost v kamero, medtem ko njeni mladiči radovedno poskakujejo naokoli.

Cooper je povedal, da se običajno izogiba bližnjim srečanjem z medvedi, saj ti predstavljajo izjemno nevarnost, če človek ne razume njihovega obnašanja. Ko je medvedko opazil, je bilo že prepozno, da bi se umaknil, zato se je odločil ostati miren, vendar ji je s tihimi zvoki sporočil svojo prisotnost, poroča ameriški magazin Newsweek.

Dogodek opisuje kot čudovit, a obenem poudarja, da ni bil načrtovan in ga nikakor ne bi želel ponoviti. Medvedka je bila videti sproščena, njeni mladiči prav tako. Na koncu opozarja vse, ki bi si želeli podobnih izkušenj, naj se v divjino ne podajajo brez usposobljenih in izkušenih vodičev, saj je vsak nepreviden korak v okolju takšnih plenilcev lahko usoden.