Bear Cub Is Captured By Trail Camera Bathing With A Toy Bear He Found


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Last year, this orphaned bear cub named Tamarack was rescued from a wildfire zone in Northern California, his paws having been burned in the blaze.

He was undergoing treatment for his injuries at a wildlife care facility when, to his rescuers’ surprise, he managed to escape back into the wild.

Fortunately, despite the ordeal of his past, Tamarack is still alive and well — and now there’s adorable video to prove it.

Credit: Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, Inc.

Wildlife enthusiast Toogee Sielsch has recorded Tamarack’s activities on trail cameras positioned across the woodland close to his home ever since Tamarack’s escape last summer. It is obvious the orphaned bear cub has beaten the odds from that vantage point.

But Tamarack isn’t just getting by; he’s prospering.

Recent footage from one of Sielsch’s cameras shows Tamarack stopping by a sizable puddle to take a bath. But he wasn’t by alone. Tamarack was accompanied by a toy bear figure that he had apparently found and made friends with.

Here is a clip showing the two at work:

It’s unknown where the bear toy had come from, but it’s clearly something Tamarack cherishes. Seeing them together made Sielsch smile.

“I thought how it was almost a perfect example of the playfulness of not only young black bears, but all of them,” Sielsch told The Dodo.

But the footage above is just the latest happy chapter in the life of a bear who got off to a rocky start. And, with any luck, the best is yet to come.

“It makes my heart very happy to have watched his progress against all odds as an orphaned and healing cub of the year, now yearling,” Sielsch said. “It shows just how tenacious wildlife is when it comes to survival.”


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