Believe It Or Not: These Natural Photos Are Completely Real

Bears That Barter

If you’re ever walking through the tundra and meet a polar bear mother with a cub, don’t interrupt them! This Soviet soldier didn’t take such advice and offered this bear some condensed milk. Fortunately, things seem to have turned out ok in the end, and it looks like the Cubs just wanted to play with him.

Polar bears will usually avoid humans in the wild unless they are especially hungry and desperately needing food. This Soviet-era photo was taken near the Chukchi Peninsula a few decades ago, in the eastern-most part of Russia.