Polar Bear and Huskey become friends pics

[Beringia]

It was a chance encounter that could have ended with flying fur and bloodshed in the snow.

Wildlife photographer Norbert Rosing was taking pictures of a team of huskies in Canada's frozen north when a polar bear gatecrashed the party.

Along with dog handler Brian Ladoon, Mr Rosing watched helplessly as the bear and one of the dogs approached each other.


















1 - This floe ain't big enough for the both of us: The bear gives the husky a stare that says beware
They growled and bared their teeth. But then, instead of fighting, the enemies became firm friends.

First the bear gently nuzzled the husky's neck. The dog responded by rising on its hind legs to lick the bear's face.

The bear then rolled on its back to play as the husky looked on, somewhat bemused.

After the encounter, which took place on the coast of the Hudson Bay near the town of Churchill, the dog trotted back to its mightily relieved owner.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-550612/Killer-polar-bear-Im-just-big-teddy-really.html

[sinkingfeeling]

1. I've been there. Actually went out of Churchill to visit the place where they keep

all of the Huskeys. I travelled there in 1986 to see the Polar bears.

[Beringia]

6. wow that is exciting

[Helen Reddy]

2. Awww

Very, very heart warming!

Thank you for posting.

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Thank you.

[lumpy]

4. The bears look like they are well fed....fortunately.

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[barbtries]

5. that's what i was thinking

thank goodness the bear's not hungry

[Doremus]

7. The dogs are chained.

I don't see how the dog could have "trotted back" to the owner after the encounter because the dog is chained in place.

Had the bear(s) been hungry, the dog(s) would have been powerless as retreat was impossible for them. Sorry, I don't find the encounter cute or endearing. It was pure happenstance that the dogs weren't butchered and eaten on the spot. Irresponsible owner needs to provide better protection if s/he is going to leave them vulnerable to predators like that.

[Beringia]

8. Yes, you are right