Dampfbad für einen Bären...Bear taking a Steam Bath

The most impressive shot first...))

IGOR Shpilenok, a ranger and photographer, followed the large brown bear as it relaxed, fished and slept among some of the 90 geysers that cover the landscape in Kamarchka peninsula.

The geyser field, known as the Valley of Geysers, is home to some 700 bears and allows people to observe the animals at a close distance.

The bears, who often travel from outside the area, have had no negative encounters with humans, with some even suggesting the bears are harmless if treated with respect from a reasonable distance.

The result of this trusting relationship is Shpilenok's incredible set of photographs showing the animal in it's natural habitat leaving trails between high mountains and feeding grounds across the expansive landscape.

Source & more photos:
- In Pictures: Grizzly bear enjoys steam bath in Russia/Daily Record 02.04.2013

Related:

- Kamchatka...Land der Bären und Vulkane.../12.12.2012

- Bären in Bewegung...Bears in motion.../03.09.2012

- "Der Bärenmann in Kamtschatka" - Charlie Russel/18.04.2010

T-Day Treat for Axhi and Jim...

 Gestern war Thanksgiving Day in Amerika, für Jim und Axhi, 2 Grizzly Bären im Brookfield Zoo gab es deshalb etwas Besonderes. Die beiden Bärenbrüder wurden 1995 als Waisen gerettet, kamen erst nach Angoon/Angoon Alaska und leben nun in der "Great Wilderness Exhibit" im Brookfield Zoo.-

Jim, a 17-year-old grizzly bear at Brookfield Zoo seems to be enjoying his own turkey this Thanksgiving Day. Jim, and his brother Axhi, were orphaned in 1995 and were rescued through a cooperative effort among the zoo, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and residents of Angoon, Alaska. The two grizzly bears can be seen at Brookfield Zoo's Great Bear Wilderness exhibit.

 

 Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving Day in the US...

Source:

- Brookfield Zoo's bears enjoy T-day turkey/ ABC Photos 22.11.2012

All photos: Brookfield Zoo