A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post. These adorable photographs of two playful bear cubs and their watchful mum were captured by American nature photographer D. Robert Franz, 56, on a visit to Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. 'What we see in these photographs is the interaction between the mother brown bear and her two cubs,' says D. Robert, of Cody, Wyoming.
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THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
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SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
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SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
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An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
