Sensing Danger

Sensing Danger

A young mom and her twin cubs catch the sent of an approaching female bear downwind. Normally the mother bears tolerate female bears to a certain extent, however, this young mom panicked, pulled her cubs to her with a growl and they took off running.
The cubs are in constant danger from male bears, and the moms keep a wide berth around the males.
Thankfully these are healthy cubs. There was a good ice flow after these cubs were birthed allowing for the female to catch seals and to remain healthy while nursing these bears. These are 10 month old cubs, they will stay with their mom for 2 years learning everything needed for survival in this tough environment.
Sadly the year previous to this was not so kind to the bears. These bears are dependent on the ice flows for their main meal (seals). The warming weather in the previous year did not allow the moms to feed and many saw starving cubs when they took the trip to Churchill. Typically it is lucky if one out of the two cubs survive. On our trip we saw quite a few very healthy moms and twin cubs.
From The Bears of Churchill Collection
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