Protecting children

Photo: Denis Budkov.
Kamchatka Kuril lake. The bear was so carried away by fishing that she did not notice how a large male approached her babies without good intentions and there were only a couple of seconds before the tragedy, but the scream of the cubs immediately attracted the attention of the mother and she rushed to defend them with all her fury.

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