A mum and her two cubs

Interacting with large mammals does require a lot of patience and at times nerves of steel. Especially, when the mammals you are interacting with are Grizzly bears or really any large bear species. However, when you are with a group of people the chances of a negative and dangerous interaction is highly unlikely and there is more of a chance of the animals being afraid/spooked and will simply leave the area, which is not what you want either. A mother and cub are even more highly likely to feel spooked and be easily intimidated when people and vessels are nearby.

This interaction was pretty damn awesome and was one of my first times actually interacting with a grizzly bear, let alone a mum and her cubs. The great thing was that mum felt very comfortable and happily walked and foraged along the shoreline with her two little ones playing with one another only a few metres behind their mother. That feels like a win to me and I was lucky enough to take some time from operating the small zodiac vessel I was operating to take a few photos of the encounter too.

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