Video of Polar Bear Cub Sweetly Nestling Into Mom for Comfort Is Adorable
There's really nothing cuter than a baby snuggling up with its mama, especially if it's an animal baby. ABC News shared a video on their Facebook page at the beginning of April of two polar bears settling in for a nap, and it will totally make your day. It's cold up in Manitoba, Canada where the video was shot, and an adorable polar bear cub was captured climbing on top of its sleepy mama for a nice, comfy place to snooze.
The video was taken at the Manitoba National Park and shows mom hunkered down for a nap. All of us moms know the feeling of trying to sleep with a fidgety baby on top of us, and this polar bear mama decided to just keep her eyes closed and hope the cub would settle down sooner rather than later.
Wasn't that the absolutely cutest thing you'll see today! ABC News commenters loved the sweet clip. @Shasta W. Bischell hit the nail on the head when she said, "Being a mom is a universal experience!" @Julie Renee Weiland said, "We feel ya baby bear, we feel ya..." @Anna Maria pointed out, "That bear would rip you apart faster than you can say "Oh how cute"!" and I couldn't help but laugh at @Kayla Shoemaker who joked, "How can something so fluffy kill me??!!"
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Adorable Polar Bear Facts
We have no way of knowing how old this little cub is, but generally speaking, polar bear cubs stay with their moms for the first 2-1/2 to 3 years of their lives. During that time, mom teaches them how to hunt, feed, swim, and survive. And there's always time during the day for them to play.
Polar Bears International shared that polar bears love to play, and that they use vocalizations and body language to let others know they're ready for playtime. One sign that is used often is that they wag their heads from side to side. But their play is also a form of learning because when they play, they fight. "Adult bears initiate play—which is actually ritualized fighting or mock battling—by standing on their hind legs, chin lowered to their chests, with front paws hanging by their sides." These fights are important because they are learning the skills that they need for future fights and how to become fiercer fighters, a skill they need to survive.
For the most part, fights occur during breeding season between males, but females will fight too since they are extremely protective of their cubs and will protect them at all costs. You know what they say about mama bears!
And here's a really interesting fact that surprised me from World Wildlife Fund. Polar bears are actually classified as marine animals because they spend the majority of their lives on sea ice in the Arctic Ocean and depend on the ocean for their food and habitat. Polar bears can also swim for days at a time and it's not unusual for them to swim up to 60 miles at a time. That's a lot of swimming and it makes me tired just thinking about how much work that would be!
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