Buckrail on Thursday published images showing a grizzly bear standing while rubbing its back against a telephone pole in Grand Teton National Park.
Buckrail explained that this is more about scent marking than scratching. Marking is a means of communication and the higher a bear can place its scent the larger it’ll appear to other grizzly bears.
The publication describes this as a spring phenomenon, but the photos are reminiscent of trail-cam footage captured in August 2021 in Canada’s Yukon Territory.
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The Yukon Wildlife Cams footage (posted below) shows a giant grizzly bear rubbing against a tree before charging toward the camera in slow motion.
Please note the thoroughness with which this bear marks the tree, but also the remarkable perspective afforded by the camera as the bear runs past in slow motion.
You might agree with trail-cam operator David Troup, who exclaimed via Facebook: “Look at those claws!”
