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BearHead Photography has many images to showcase his expansive portfolio on mammals of the globe, and these are his wild Sloth Bear photos from India. BearHead Photography specializes in bear photos.
BearHead Photography has many images to showcase his expansive portfolio on mammals of the globe, and these are his wild Sloth Bear photos from India. BearHead Photography specializes in bear photos.
Moving as One
Being a sloth bear cub is the good life. Mother watches carefully over all day, and anytime they are on the move the cubs get a free ride. As this family moves through a boulder field, the cubs watch carefully so they don't hit any rocks.
Excited Look
While one sloth bear cub was on the ground, the other cub was glad to finally have more space on mothers back to move around. After a while it looked to see where its sibling was, and when it saw the other sibling it gave off a big smile.
Leg Scratch
Sloth bears are very funny bears. They really do enjoy sitting and laying back. They will be walking along and just sit down and start scratching. They really are such funny bears.
Showing Their Teeth
People can mistake sloth bears as a non aggressive bear because they mostly eats termites and insects. On occasion they will kill an animal, and will eat meat if they come across it. These two young sloth bears play fighting show just how dangerous they can be.
Don't Leave Mother
When sloth bear cubs are young, they stay very close to their mothers side. As mother began to move away, this cub took the shortest route possible to her and lept as far as it could.
Long Nose
Sloth bears have very interesting noses. They are very long, and they use these long noses to reach into termite mounds. I was happy to finally see one close up.
Bear Shadows
Evening is the best time to see sloth bears, as they don't usually even come out until night. Right as I was about to go in for the night, this family came out to go on the hunt for the night.
Barely Visible
Baby sloth bear cubs are more often on their mother, than on the ground. After some time on the ground this cubs was tired, and when it laid down I could hardly see it because of its mothers very long hair.
Cub View
Baby sloth bear cubs ride on their mothers back for protection, and they do it all the time. It can be hard to see the cub in its mothers long hair though. When she started to go down a hill it gave me a great view of the cub.
Resting Ride
It is very tiring being a cub. They get to play all day and be carried around by their mother. These two cubs had used all their energy and came and rested on their mothers back together.
Relaxing Bears
After feeding all morning on an elk, this bear was full and tired. It rolled over on its back like a human, and just took in the morning light and relaxed.
Setting India
In the evening is when sloth bears are most likely to be seen by humans. They are mainly a nocturnal bear, but will move around in the evening some too. I caught this guy as he was walking the ridge at the last light.
Safe Ride
The wilds of India is a dangerous place for a sloth bear cub to be. To help protect the cubs, sloth bear mothers let the cubs ride on their back and keep them out of harms way.
Mouth Feeding
Mother sloth bears will sometimes feed their young by mouth to mouth. This is extremely rare behavior to witness, but also so neat to be able to see more into the world of the sloth bear.