Momma Grizzly Bear Shows Her Parenting Skills When Terrified Cub Panics Crossing River

Momma Grizzly Bear Shows Her Parenting Skills When Terrified Cub Panics Crossing River
Courtesy of Yellowstone Video
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A momma grizzly bear showed some tough love when her cub got scared crossing a fast-flowing river after being chased off by bison.

Photographer Ron Sterbenz of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was visiting Yellowstone National Park in mid-May when he caught a fascinating interaction on film. A female grizzly bear and her cub, who had their eyes on a long-dead bison carcass, were chased off by a protective bison herd and had to cross three different sections of the confluence between the Soda Butte and Lamar rivers.