Photo Of The Day -- Polar Bear Frolics With Huskies
Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Thu, 02/26/2015 - 2:49am
Above are several of German wildlife photographer Norbert Rosing's "striking images of a wild polar bear playing with sled dogs in the wilds of Canada's Hudson Bay. Apparently, the polar bear materialized out of the blue, and returned every night that week to play with the dogs."
Having lived in Interior Alaska for over a decade, I must say that I never witnessed anything like this.
For the backstory, as well as more photos of these extraordinary Polar Bear and Husky Dogs encounters, please follow the 'Unusual Encounter' link below.
Delightful, and truly amazing!
[Photo and Text Credit: Photographer Norbert Rosing, Galerie, and Unusual Encounter]
Comments
Great pictures. - Nice to see nt
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Thanks, dkmich. Hope you saw the other
photos by following the second link.
(I mention this, because it appears that you may have commented while I was still editing, and adding the comment about that link.)
Mollie
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
What surprises me
is not so much the bear, since I know very little about bears, but the actions of the dogs. My dogs would never be involved with a larger animal on that basis. They would probably bark like crazy when they saw it, but mine would never venture that close to a much larger animal.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
That's true of all but one (Update: Spelling Correction)
of the dogs that we've ever had. Murphee didn't know a stranger--human or animal. But, yea, the other dogs would have gone ballistic.
Of course, these sled dogs have probably seen their share of wildlife (I'm guessing).
Don't remember all the details, but we saw a documentary while we lived in Alaska. It was about a native village on the Bering Sea.
Polar Bears can be 'bad news,' although they aren't natural predators of man.
Long story short, in this documentary, the Village Native Council had to put out an international 'contract' (so to speak) for a "bad *ss big game hunter" because of an out-of-control Polar Bear which was destroying property during a harsh winter with very scarce food availability (for the Bear, that is).
And this Polar Bear was so fierce and elusive, that even the best native Alaskan hunters in the Point Barrow region could not track him, much less kill him.
As I recall, the 'hired gun' was successful.
(I think that he used an elephant gun, or the equivalent shot, to kill the Bear.)
It was more than two decades ago that we saw this fascinating documentary. I think that I'll search for it later, and post it, if I have any luck.
(And it was well before the internet was a fixture in most households.)
Update: So far, nothing. But I'm still searching.
Mollie
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.