Play time with polar bear and huskies

[fitfool]

roadriverrail posted about this. So adorable.

Norbert Rosing was a photographer visiting Churchill, Manitoba, planning to take photos of sled dogs. One night, a polar bear came to camp but the dogs were tethered. The dogs barked at the bear but also gave it an invitation to play, bowing down and wagging their tails. And surprisingly, the bear played. They romped around for a good 20 minutes that night and the bear kept coming back to play for 2 weeks. How cool is that?

You can read a bit more about it: http://nifplay.org/polar-husky.html

When I was a kid and first heard about this playful bow that dogs did, I then bowed to dogs I met, getting down on all fours and lowering my elbows to the ground so my head was lower than my butt. I waggled my rear and hoped that they would understand that I was tailless and couldn't wag a tail properly. And a couple of times, they did respond in kind and I laughed and rolled around with the dogs until it was time to go home.

Here's the polar bear approaching the dogs


Hi little guy. Wanna play?


Awww....it looks like they're snuggling.


Whew! That was fun! Let me catch my breath...

Comments

[hanseth.livejournal.com]

That is way too adorable.

[razz.livejournal.com]

That's awesome! I didn't think that would be an instinctual thing for them!

[madbard.livejournal.com]

>I then bowed to dogs I met, getting down on all fours and lowering my elbows to the ground so my head was lower than my butt.

Why do I not have a problem believing this? :)

[kitarra.livejournal.com]

Oh man that is just too cute for words!

[smoochie.livejournal.com]

i HEARD about that bowing thing from tamara gellar. she's a dog trainer and boy do i LOVE her website !

http://www.theloveddog.com/

she uses that exact position as her logo because that's what dogs do when they want to play ! all dogs....it's super neat !

thanks for the pics !

[jessacord.livejournal.com]

So cute! I love the playfulness captured in those pictures.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

You did the doggie play bow? Awwww.....
*grin*

I find this photo sequence endearing but a little scary. the dogs are tied up and the bear could have wiped them out with one swipe! I´m just saying that wild animals are just that...But I guess it turned out ok.