Polar Bears
Ursus maritimus

f6.3 @ 1/500s, ISO:500, Nikon D300S w 300mm


Sub-adult male polar bears play fighting. Polar bears are engaged in play fight in Churchill, Canada. Play fights have an important role in social behavior of male polar bears. During these fights the bears come into body contact, but never injure one another. Play fights might be observed in the autumn before the ice is formed.
Western Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
 
11/12/2010