No wonder half the kids in this country are so ignorant when newspapers print such drivel. The male was probably about to kill the cubs in order to bring their mother back into oestrus so he can mate her. The punch-up will be her attempt to save her babies. As for 2 year old cubs...lol..they are big enough to eat the idiot who wrote this! These cubs are only about two MONTHS old..Duh!

The two cubs have the same mother...the smaller and more pale female in the pictures. The larger, darker bear is male who is looking to mate with her, and by killing her cubs he would kick her back into her breeding cycle. Mum will protect her cubs by any means necesssary. Also, those cubs are no older than last spring. The images are great (if a little irresponsible unless a long telephoto lens was used), but really, you need to get the story accurate and not misrepresent these wonderful animals.

Newspaper Reporters should never write about a subject that they have absolutely no knowledge of. This is particularly imperative when reporting on natural history subjects. No Bears form family groups ever. As others have written the male bear would eat his own cubs if the opportunity arose. There is no filial loyalty at all between the male bears and females that he may have mated with or their cubs.

Ileke-IdI:


This one?

Trust me, it is real. I took the pixs myself.

Sorry, I cannot tell you the location or the name of the hen in custody

Yoruba_Omoge: [img]http://icanhascheezburger.files./2010/03/ala2-e1269987444232.jpg?w=400&h=599[/img]

Ileke-IdI:


This one?

Trust me, it is real. I took the pixs myself.

Sorry, I cannot tell you the location or the name of the hen in custody