The better to growl at you,
besides it’s hot for a polar bear, and I pant and get grumpy when it’s hot.
I’ll growl at the dirt if I want to.
Whose gonna stop me?
Baby Bear, like a pint sized Narcissus, practices panting and growling at his reflection. Someday, he hopes to grow huge and growl as fiercely as Mama Bear, but for now, all he can do is practice.
What big teeth,
huge tongue,
and what fine bears you are!
Your sleepy cub is quite handsome,
and your home is lovely too!
Cheers to you from the awesome bears in their stunning Hudson Bay home~
Really wonderful.
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Thank you!
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Wonderful! How close were you to capture such great photos?
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Thank you very much. I was at a safe distant, often maximum zoom, 1200mm equivalent. ❤
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This is just something I’ll not likely ever see for myself, and I am thrilled to see it here. Wonderful photos!
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Awww, thank you for such a truly thoughtful comment ❤
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Aren’t the magnificent ? You do get around my dear 😀 Look at those teeth !! Mama bear is rather ginormous isn’t she? I’ve seen video taken from with-in a big tractor/bus and the bears standing on hind legs to look into the windows ! I hope these two stay safe and healthy xK
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Yes those photos are taken from a tundra buggy. Great close up photos, but you are somewhat captive in the buggy with a bunch of other tourists. We were in for about an hour.
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Love, love, love the Polar Bears!! Too bad they don’t know that expending all that energy growling and making a fuss only serves to make them hotter!!
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True! They do a lot of time laying around being lazy bears, and eating, and panting from the heat to try and cool down. The weather was cold to me, but hot to them as their fur functions as a heat generating system.
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Cindy, I just love the pictures of the bears at Hudson Bay – I can hear them panting and growling!! Thanks so much for sharing these!!
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Thank you more sweet friend for appreciating the ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็ʕ•͡ᴥ•ʔ ก้้้้้้้้้้้”s ❤
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Great photos, Cindy. I’ve never seen bears looking quite so ferocious. It’s telephoto lens time for sure! 🙂 –Curt
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Definitely. I think they were mostly very hot and hence grumpy. Their fur acts like a heat generating system, which works when it is well below zero, but quite uncomfortable when it gets much warmer. So they pant and growl.
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I’m sure that their growls are comments on global warming, Cindy! Probably good you couldn’t understand what they were saying. 🙂
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True, but I still wish I could.
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Me too. 🙂
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I loved the commentary which went with these amazing pics. xxx
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I love you for appreciating both. Thank you very much Adele & cheers to you ❤ ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็ʕ•͡ᴥ•ʔ ก้้้้้้้้้้้
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Love these animals!
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I ❤ people who love ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็ʕ•͡ᴥ•ʔ ก้้้้้้้้้้้"s Thank you!
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You’re welcome 😊
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❤
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Indeed!
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❤ ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็ʕ•͡ᴥ•ʔ ก้้้้้้้้้้้
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Cheers to you, Cindy. These photos ware fabulous!
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Such a pleasure to get to know you Jennie & thank you ❤ ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็ʕ•͡ᴥ•ʔ ก้้้้้้้้้้้
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The feeling is mutual! ❤️
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❤ (•͡ᴥ•)
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Wonderful! I pray these magnificent animals don’t lose all of their habitat as the planet heats up.
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Exactly and thank you. The harm that were are doing is incalculable ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็ʕ•͡ᴥ•ʔ ก้้้้้้้้้้้
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Along tounge too.😮
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Yes, almost as long as an anteater.
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Superb photos, and commentary. The one of the baby bear shouting behind mama’s back is perfect.
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Ahhh, thank you very much. There is nothing better than an uppity polar bear cub giving lip to momma ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็ʕ•͡ᴥ•ʔ ก้้้้้้้้้้้
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Oh, what fine bears indeed! I loved your photo essay. In addition to the bears, I really like the colors of their habitat.
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It is utterly other worldly and hence incredible. Thank you for your kindness Liz & be well my friend ❤
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You as well, Cindy!
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Quelle beauté, j”adore l’expression de cet ours sur la photo: “Your sleepy cub is quite handsome”
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Awww, so very happy you like him & thank you. He is very precious.
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Reblogged this on Musings on Life & Experience and commented:
Pictures by Cindy Knoke of beautiful and powerful grizzlies in their Hudson Bay home
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Thank you sweet lady ❤ ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็ʕ•͡ᴥ•ʔ ก้้้้้้้้้้้
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My husband just explained to me where Hudson Bay is, and you were really North taking these pictures, Cindy! Whoa! What a sight to see! I couldn’t even begin to imagine all the emotions you experienced as you both watched these bears and photographed them. Fantastic pictures! Amazing!!
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Yes. Thank you. And thank your husband The whole experience is hard to describe, but just incredible. Cheers to you ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็ʕ•͡ᴥ•ʔ ก้้้้้้้้้้้
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Absolutely incredibly beautiful photographs!
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Ahhhh, so appreciated ❤ Thank you & cheers too!
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You managed to take my breath away — again, Cindy. Such splendid colors and clarity.. all the details in the bears. I love your narration. You captured them so well. Hugs on the wing.
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Ahhh, thank you Teagan and (•͡ᴥ•) hugs back to you ❤
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Beautiful bears. I just came back from Mass. – the little lake across from where we were staying had three white swans. But I really couldn’t get close enough.
(In this day and age it is hard to know anyone without disease of some sort – I think of them all. And thank you for thinking of me – More cryptic news as it happens.)
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Love and admiration to Jules ❤
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Great story through pictures, Cindy! 🙂
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Thank you & cheers to you ❤
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Wow, amazing shots, Cindy! I take it you have a pretty serious telephoto lens.
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Thank you very much Mitch & I do. ❤
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Amazing to get so close, and absolutely stunning photos, Cindy! 🙂 🙂
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So thoughtful of you & so appreciated.
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Cindy, thank you so much for these lovely photographs!
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I am very glad you are my friend Charles.
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Thank you for the giggles, Cindy! How amazing to be in near proximity of these gorgeous bears and watch them in freedom. I so thoroughly enjoy seeing your photos of amazing creatures around the world. They are always breath-taking. ❤
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And I, of course, am always blown away by your images.
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Love Polar bears and would not want to meet up with one. Lovely PICS. Thanks for sharing.
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Yes, one definitely wants to be in safe viewing mode to protect both oneself and the bear ❤
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Oh man, to see a wild polar bear and her cub…how awesome!
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Yep. Priceless ❤ 🧸
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What amazing, fierce, and strong creatures, Cindy. Great captures. I hope you’re enjoying your visit.
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Thanks much Patti. It was an incredible experience to be in the stunning north. Cheers to you & Happy Sunday 🧸
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You too, Cindy. Have a lovely Sunday.
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Visa versa 2UX2 ʕ´•̥̥̥ ᴥ•̥̥̥`ʔ
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What great pictures! Wondering what that bear is saying.
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I’m hot, hot, HOT!!! 🧸
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Such a cute story through amazing pictures!
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So happy you enjoyed & thank you ❤
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Amazing post
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So appreciated, thank you ❤
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Stunning is the word! And what great photos. Thanks for sharing them!
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Thank you more for appreciating the bears.
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My son said polar bears are not safe. They are always hungry. What is safe viewing mode? Is it like viewing sharks from a cage?
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You have a smart son. Viewing sharks in a cage has just always struck me as a dumb adrenaline activity, especially since I have swum, not on purpose, in the ocean where there are sharks, constantly, since I was a kid.
Safe viewing with polar bears is distant viewing, with 1200 mm lens.
Love to you Brenda, and to your son.
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He was camping in brown bear territory, and they looked up bears. Polar bears were the most dangerous. 🙂
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Yes they are. Interestingly their territories now overlap in a few places and the grizzlies are dominant over the polars because grizzlies are more aggressive even though polars are bigger. There are now some prizzlies too!
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I didn’t know that grizzlies were the dominant bear. Fascinating.
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I didn’t either. I learn a lot when I travel to far flung places.
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Fascinating how little we know, yet it feels like we know so much.
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So true. The good thing is knowing this as it keeps us humble and learning!
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And enjoying the learning. 🙂
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They do seem to have a lot to argue. Lovely images!
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Laughing, yes, they are like us, just better ❤
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Cindy, these polar bears at Hudson Bay are vulnerable critters such beauty to see them in the real…thank you for sharing them Cindy ~ smiles hedy ☺️💫
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Yes. I have almost gotten used to see such amazing creatures in the wild, enjoying life and living in the moment. There is so much we could learn from them about what is actually important.
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Those are some great pictures of such beautiful creatures, Cindy, but shedoes have a big mouth…MOL😸Pawkisses for a Happy Tuesday and week ahead🐾😽💞
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She is equipped for the ultimate big gulp! Long may she live ❤
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What kind of future do they have because of the global warming? I do not want to think about that. Beautiful animal although is dangerous.
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Yes. I don’t want to think about it either. Somehow we have not figured out that we are animals too, and their fate is our fate. Thank you for caring Alexander.
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The human is smart animal however all our intelligence tends us to ruin this World. Our generation had pretty happy and comfortable life in agreement with the Nature. But what are we leaving for our children and grandchildren? I hope they will be smarter of us to save this Wonderful World!
Anyway, Life is wonderful! 🙂
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You and I think entirely alike Alexander. Thank you my friend & be well.
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Wow, what kind of lens did you have, Cindy?! Awesome pics, but I’m sure you weren’t too close, eh? And I didn’t realize polar bears even existed in areas without snow.
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They do exist without snow, waiting for the bay to freeze up, but they don’t like it. They get way too hot. I used a 1200 mm equivalent lens so I was quite far away. Getting close is irresponsible.
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Just amazing photos, Cindy. It’s like you were right there! I wonder if they can smell you from that distance?
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They smell and see me and know I am there. Nothing gets past these guys. They know where I am long before I know where they are. There was another bear that these bears kept reacting to but I never saw.
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Do you go by yourself? What if they came up on you? What would you do? You are so awesome!
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No I went with a guide and my husband and son. The guide named Deb was an expert and highly skilled. We were in very safe hands. It is not safe to go out on your own in polar bear country. It will get both you and the bear killed.
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How lovely for you. What an adventure!! So do you guys use guides a lot? You have so many excellent photos from tons of exotic places that you are either really good at researching the out-of-the-way spots or you pick great guides. 🤩 Either way, kudos!👏👏👏
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We don’t usually use guides much, not even in Africa where we self drove twice, but in Kruger which is a national park tailor made for this. In Churchill though, in polar bear and beluga season, we definitely needed a guide. She was multi-talented, adept at piloting zodiacs and finding bears for safe observation and super knowledgeable about the area.
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🥰❤️😘
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STUNNING pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow!
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So kind of you and so appreciated too! Thank you.
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You are so welcome!
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Just stunning images you have captured Cindy.. Brilliant each and every one 🙂
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You are very kind and most appreciated Sue. Thank you & cheers too ❤
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Some mouth indeed 🙂 Great captures.
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Built for taking very big gulps!
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So they are.
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Fine bears indeed!
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❤ 🧸🧸
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Beautiful images.Yet, I feel so sorry for them, now that they might be losing their homes because of climate change. Soon photos like yours will be all we have of them. Very Sad.
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If they go, these reslient, amazing creatures, so will we. We are all linked together.
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Oh, oh – I feel those ducks might be endangered… Or are they little geese?
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Those are Canadian Geese. There are also millions of snow geese. They do help tide the bears over until the freeze up, but thankfully there are millions of them and unless they are nesting, they are very hard to catch.
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I don’t know why I didn’t recognize the Canadian Geese – they used to migrate to Scotland in the many thousands over our house. I miss the honking.
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I would miss the honking too. Beautiful sound and sight,
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Still, I have armadillos and cicadas…🤠
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Wow – this is amazing and scary too!
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It is so wonderful to hear from you! And to see what you have done. Awesome and so well deserved!
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I missed seeing you pics, life happens, but glad we reconnected
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I am glad too ❤
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Hi Cindy! 🙂
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Hi. How are you? Haven’t heard from you in awhile ❤
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I would love to see bears… in my list!
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You will be very glad you added them! ❤
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Bears! My heart! I love your humorous approach here.
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I ❤ that you ❤ ＼ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ／ 's!
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