Polar Bears Fighting!

With a lot of Polar Bears in Churchill, Canada, there is bound to be some fighting. While real fights will break out over mates or food (especially if they are hungry), polar bear will sometimes mock fight just for fun. Sounds like my two boys! ;-)

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Polar Bears Fighting at Sunrise

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Churchill Polar Bears Fighting 1

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Polar Bear smiles for the camera ... and then goes back to fighting! ;-)

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Churchill Polar Bears Fighting 2

Polar Bears wrestling - mouseover image to see closer view

polar bears fighting from rover

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An extended sequence of the same two polar bears fighting

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My favorite two images of the above fighting sequence - mouseover to see the other one

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A minute later, they start fighting again!

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A Polar Bear Cub stays close to its mother during the fighting

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Mother Polar Bear stands up to check out the fighting

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The Polar Bear Mom and Cub walk away from the fighting males

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Wide-Angle view of two young Polar Bears fighting

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Some fighting Polar Bears behind the Polar Rover

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From the Tundra Lodge, Danielle does her imitation of a scary Polar Bear ready to fight! ;-)

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