BEAR AND YOUNG BATHING. The life of the Beasts of Prey presents constant examples of the universality of maternal affection among mammals of all species. Bear mothers are very attentive to their young, and the picture shows a family of Bears which has its home in the deep forest so much favored by these animals. A convenient spring is being utilized for the purpose of giving a bath to the little ones, which seem to enjoy it. The mother is a typical specimen of the Brown Bear, with the clumsy appearing body and limbs, shaggy fur, elongated head and muzzle and high forehead belonging to that species. (Ursus arctos.) (245)
Date 1895
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6220162667
Author Brehm, Alfred Edmund; Haacke, Wilhelm; Pechuël-Loesche, Eduard; Schmidtlein, Richard.
Full title Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools.
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The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a large bear with the widest distribution of any living ursid. The species is distributed across much of northern Eurasia and North America.