Saturday, August 10, 2013

Pole Dancing Bears...What bears Get up to When We're Not Watching

 
 


If you go down to the woods today, you may just come across the seemingly unlikely sight of a bear pole dancing.  Footage filmed in the Canadian wilderness shows a succession of bears practicing their dance moves against a tree.

Cynics have suggested they are simply using the tree as a scratching post but that's just for the tourists. When there are no humans looking the bears get down and dirty.

  These images were captured with a remote wildlife camera as various species visited a "communications" or "rub" tree in Kananaskis Country, (provincial park) leaving a scent as a form of communication to other bears and animals. The image data is being collected as part of a collaborative study looking at multi-species habitat use within  the mountain landscape. In addition to various wildlife species, millions of people visit Kananaskis Country each year. Alberta Parks dedicates significant efforts to maintaining a positive coexistence of wildlife and park visitors through tools such as our bear shepherding program, wildlife proof garbage bins and superior visitor education.
Learn more about human/wildlife conflict prevention at www.wildsmart.ca. For more information about our research, visit http://albertaparks.ca/albertaparksca...

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