Sure, we love bears when they show up in books or cartoons. But what if one is outside our window? Human-bear encounters are becoming far more frequent as development continues to spread and people and bears seek similar resources of food, water, and shelter. National Geographic Explorer and large-carnivore ecologist Rae Wynn-Grant dispels a few myths about bear behavior, describes what it’s like to cuddle a bear cub, and offers tips on what to do if you find a bear in your backyard—or bump into one in the wild.
Photo Caption: Janice Husebo and Janney Husebo, a married couple from Asheville, N.C., live on the outskirts of town high up on a hill surrounded by wilderness. Multiple times a day bears show up on their back porch, which stands about 10-to-15 feet above the ground, to eat the bird seed the couple leaves out. Janice has developed a close bond with the bears and plays with the cubs using a feather duster through the sliding glass door. Some of the bears have lost their fear of humans and spend hours on her porch relaxing, bathing in the tubs of water she leaves out, and lurking at the sliding door in hopes that someone would bring them a snack.
Credit: Photograph by Corey Arnold, National Geographic
Portrait of Rae Wynn Grant by Rebecca Hale
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