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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SQUIRRELS SQUABBLE OVER LUNCH
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CHERYL LOOKALIKE SLAMS SKINNY-SHAMING PUBLIC
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UNUSUAL ANIMAL FRIENDSHIP
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SEALED WITH A BUBBLE KISSED
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N-ICE DAY FOR A CLIMB
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MILLIONS OF LUMINOUS FISH DWARF DIVERS
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WOMAN'S CAR BURST INTO FLAMES AFTER A SEIZURE CAUSED HER TO CRASH INTO A TREE – SHE SUFFERED BURNS TO 40% OF HER BODY AND NOW SHE'S A TRIPLE AMPUTEE
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BACKFLIPPING SHARK SOARS DURING SEAL HUNT
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TROUBLESOME PYLON MEETS EXPLOSIVE END
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N-ICE ICE BABY: AMAZING SKIING 2YR OLD
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REAL-LIFE SHIPWRECKED EXPERIENCE
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