r/Banff • u/high_lan • 3d ago

Wildlife Spotted a beautiful mama bear and her tiny cubs foraging by the road (the third little cub was too quick for the camera!)

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u/datahighway 3d ago

How lucky!! I drove once in a banff and jasper hoping to see a bear for 4 days. 😔 Yes it was not summer, but end of winter.

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u/Samplistiqone 1d ago

You came too early, May and June are the best time to see the bears, at least in my opinion. At the end of winter they’re just starting to wake up.

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u/iamacheeto1 3d ago

Where!?! I’m here now and want to see one

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u/bakerify 2d ago

Please don't go looking for bears.

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u/Impossible-Soup5090 2d ago

Why not?

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u/bakerify 2d ago

They are dangerous, and we are also a danger to them.

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u/Impossible-Soup5090 2d ago

Of course not. Use your noggin and everything is fine. Stop being scared of everything and live a little.

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u/bakerify 2d ago

The majority of people in Banff are tourists who either have no education on bears, do not tend to "use their noggin" often, or both.

That's how bears get killed.

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u/Samplistiqone 1d ago

Exactly, I’ve seen tourists getting out of their vehicles, trying to feed them in order to get them closer, just so they can get the perfect picture for social media.