Bear Hug
Two young bears engaged in a "social" fight. Before the ice floes freeze freeze for the winter, Polar bears often engage in "social fighting" preparing them for their time out on the ice floes and the endless hunt for their main prey (seals).
Hibernating during the summer months these bears have not had food for several months and depend on the ice floes freezing over to allow them access to the seals
Taken on the tundra at Churchill Canada.
Uploaded on May 09, 2009