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This mama polar bear adopted a young cub—and you can track the family as they wander around the Hudson Bay
When female polar bear X33991 first emerged from her maternal den in northeastern Manitoba this spring, she had one young cub toddling around by her side. Months later, researchers spotted X33991 ...
A mother polar bear has made the decision to adopt - a move that scientists say is extremely rare - and the new family was caught on video.
Bear X33991 leading her two cubs along the ice. Dave Sandford / Discover Churchill (Wildlife Photographer, Guide, and Polar Bears International Photo Ambassador) Get the Popular Science daily ...
"It's just nice to know that the bears are looking out for each other," said Evan Richardson, one of the researchers A mother polar bear in Northern Canada appears to have "adopted" a cub that is not ...
A mother polar bear has made the decision to adopt - a move that scientists say is extremely rare - and the new family was caught on video. Researchers had tagged the five-year-old mother, also known ...
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