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Watch South Lake Tahoe mama bear feed her tired-looking cubs, then cuddle and snooze

A new nature video shows the feeding and sleep-time ritual of a mama bear and her tired cubs in South Lake Tahoe.

A wildlife photographer from South Lake Tahoe, California, captured the early morning footage of the family of bears, including two tired-looking cubs, resting up following a feed from their mother. The video was taken with wonderful audio of the interaction.

The footage shows an initial clip of the cubs feeding from their mother. A timestamp shows it was taken shortly after 5 a.m. on October 27. Then, additional footage shows the bears cuddling up a little over 10 minutes later.

Toogee Sielsch captured the video and shared it to Instagram on October 28, 2021.

Storyful contributed to this article.

This story was originally published November 10, 2021 at 11:16 AM.

David Caraccio
The Sacramento Bee
David Caraccio is a video producer for The Sacramento Bee who was born and raised in Sacramento. He is a graduate of San Diego State University and a longtime journalist who has worked for newspapers as a reporter, editor, page designer and digital content producer.
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