A tourist in Yellowstone National Park captured footage of a grizzly bear that appeared to be celebrating the end of hibernation.
The “playful bear” can be seen trudging through the snow, sliding “like an otter” in the snow, burying its head in the snow and completing a somersault in the snow, all to the delight of Yellowstone tourists out to get a glimpse of the few bears that have emerged from hibernation.
The man filming the footage on April 17 posted it on ViralHog with the title “Happy grizzly emerges from hibernation in Yellowstone.”
“I had been watching this bear for 2-3 days and knew where he would come down the mountain,” the videographer told ViralHog. “Apparently, he was very happy it is almost spring and he was going to eat again after a long winter in his den. He had been feeding on a winter-killed Buffalo carcass and was showing off how well he made it through a tough winter in the Rockies!”
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“This is so cool,” one commenter on YouTube wrote.
“So adorable,” another stated.
With more grizzlies emerging from hibernation in Yellowstone, there are sure to be more adorable videos to come.
Photo courtesy of ViralHog.
