“Adoption in bears is rare, but this season we have the privilege of seeing this phenomenon among our Brooks River bears,” park officials said on Facebook.
Cousin bear cubs after a swim in Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Southwest Alaska.
A young Alaska brown bear in need of a family was adopted by her “aunt,” and now the little family is inseparable.along the Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve, National Park Service officials said in a Facebook post this week.“Adoption in bears is rare, but this season, we have the privilege of seeing this phenomenon among our Brooks River bears,” officials said. “... It seems like the new siblings are getting along just fine.
The cubs’ mothers — Bear 910 and Bear 909 — are sisters who had their cubs during different years, but then decided to raise them together in 2022. They returned as a family this spring, until Bear 909 separated from her 2.5-year-old cub, officials said. But the young bear wasn’t ready to be on her own. She stayed with her aunt and her yearling cousin, who eventually adopted her into their family.Someone commented on the post saying they had read that the bear nursed from her aunt, which officials confirmed.Those who’ve kept up with the bears, some via the popular“It has been such a joy watching these cousins turn into siblings,” one fan said.“Nature is beautiful and sometimes cruel but always pure,” someone commented.
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