Marc Bouldoukian is a landscape and wildlife photographer who leads photography tours in the wilds of Alaska. He recently captured the moment three brown bear cubs took a wild ride on their mom’s back as she ran across the Alaskan landscape. It’s fun to watch them try to hang on as mom gallops along. It’s hard to believe they don’t go flying off.
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“Giddy-up!” wrote Bouldoukian in his Instagram post sharing the video, which has over 3.7 million views. “Beautiful moment with a brown bear sow & 3 [cubs of the year] on her back crossing the waters.”
Bouldoukian also notes that the photographer at the beginning of his video is not him but a BBC crew videographer.
In the comments section, many people show their appreciation for the unique footage.
“Incredible footage! Those cubs were in for quite a ride haha,” wrote one person.
“Those cubs have great grip strength!!!!” exclaimed another.
“Probably the best grizzly video Ive ever seen . . .” wrote a third.
“Brilliant photography. To capture that is amazing.” gushed a fourth.
Watch the bear cubs’ wild ride on the back of mom here:
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