Surreal Moment Adorable Polar Bear Appears To Wave To Photographer In Alaska

The two polar bear cubs were craning to view another family of bears as they walked past. But to the photographer who took ti photo it appeared that one was waving directly at her. The curious cubs stood on their hind legs to watch the other family troop past when one of the young bears, who was struggling to balance, stuck out his paw.

'Adult males have been known to attack and kill young polar bears, so the mums were protectively monitoring his activity, standing occasionally to see over the mounds of accumulated snow. We stopped at a distance, with the male out of our view, hoping to have the opportunity to photograph the momma polar bears as they stood. 'Picking up on their mothers' concern, the cubs were on alert, not playing or roughhousing as they usually do. 'We were photographing the other family of bears which were about 60m away from our boat, as that mum stood and the cubs watched her face for direction.