Polar bears might look like adorable, white fluffballs, however, they’re actually extremely dangerous predators. Typically, seals are their main source of food, however, they’ve been known to eat other land animals that they run into like reindeer, dogs, and other bears.
So when tour guide David De Meulles was out giving a tour and saw a wild polar bear approach a chained up Canadian Eskimo dog, he knew the dog was in a very dangerous situation but had no clue what the polar bear would do. “I had no idea what was going to happen,” David said.
Yet as David and the tour group watched, the polar bear sat down gently beside the dog, who didn’t appear to be afraid or agitated. But what they saw next left even David speechless. “And then, sure enough, he started petting that dog, acted like he was a friend,” David said. “I just so happened to catch the video of a lifetime.”
“I’ve known the bears to have somewhat friendly behavior with dogs, but for a bear to pet like a human would pet a dog is just mind-blowing,” David said of the ‘beautiful sight ‘. And while the polar bear only pet the dog with his paw and gently kissed his head, many were concerned that the dog was chained up and had no way of escaping if the interaction hadn’t been so friendly. “The dog was chained up and they’re totally vulnerable,” University of Alberta adjunct professor Ian Stirling told CBC News.
Watch the entire video below to see the incredible friendship between this polar bear and husky.
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[Featured image: Youtube/David de Meulles]
Tour Guide Catches A Wild Polar Bear Kissing An Eskimo Dog is an article from: LifeDaily