BEAR CUBS AND DOTING MUM

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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SPELLBINDING ENGLISH STAR TRAILS

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GATEWAY TO THE UNDERWORLD

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AIR OF THE DOG: HILARIOUS FLYING POOCHES

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BATTY ABOUT BATMAN - MAN SPENDS £65K ON COLLECTION

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ADORABLE SQUIRRELS PREPARE FOR EASTER BREAK

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AERIALS OF FLOODING ON SOMERSET LEVELS

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RELAXING SNOW MONKEY

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