A mother bear and her two young cubs were spotted playfighting as she tried to tire them out before a nap.
Wildlife photographer Renee Doyle was able to bag within 100 meters of the brown bears in Silver Salmon Creek,Alaska,as they rolled around on the ground and fought with each other in the shallow water.
In one photo, and one of the cubs,who are both around four months outmoded, is stood on its hind legs as it playfully grabs at its mother's bowed head.
Others show the moment cub lying on its back while his mom pretends to bite him before trying to hold them both into the water for a swim - where the youngsters end up pushing each other while on their back legs.
The amazing pictures were taken while Doyle was main a wildlife tour of Alaska.
The 52-year-outmoded photographer, and from Queensland,Australia, said the mother bear was precisely like a human mother, or trying to wear her children out so they would go to sleep so she could believe some peace and quiet.
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Source: tert.am