A black bear has been captured playing a cute form of ‘peek-a-boo’ on wildlife cameras.
A black bear was caught on camera playing ‘peek-a-boo’ as wildlife researchers were looking to monitor endangered grey wolves (Image: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Images of the animal taking part in what has been described as an “impromptu photo session” have been shared on the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Facebook page.
The series of adorable shots taken of the bear in New Mexico first show it covering its face with its paws.
Then in the next snap both paws are stretched out wide as the bear looks straight into the lens.
The pictures soon attracted a series of comments with one Facebook user observing: “It’s like he’s playing peek-a-boo.”
The images of the cheeky bear were shared on the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Facebook page (Image: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Another added: “Felt cute, might eat you later.”
The cameras had not been set up in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest for curious bears to put on a show, but rather to monitor the population of the endangered Mexican grey wolf.
Information is gathered annually by the Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team from November to February, which is when wolf populations are known to be at their most stable.
Black bears, as well as the colour that their name suggests, can also be brown, reddish and even blonde, with adult males weighing up to 29 stone, but normally averaging around 18 stone.
Adult male black bears can weigh up to 29 stone (Image: Getty Images)
Females are smaller with a typical average size between 10 stone and 13 stone.
The bears will, at this point of the year, just be starting to emerge from their dens on the hunt for food having hibernated during the US winter.
Information is gathered annually by the Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team from November to February, which is when wolf populations are known to be at their most stable.
Black bears, as well as the colour that their name suggests, can also be brown, reddish and even blonde, with adult males weighing up to 29 stone, but normally averaging around 18 stone.
Adult male black bears can weigh up to 29 stone (Image: Getty Images)
Females are smaller with a typical average size between 10 stone and 13 stone.
The bears will, at this point of the year, just be starting to emerge from their dens on the hunt for food having hibernated during the US winter.
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish’s advice for if you ever see a bear at close quarters is not to run but, instead, back away slowly without making any sudden movements.
You should never position yourself between a mother and her cubs either, because she will probably find that she then look a lot less cute than New Mexico’s “peek-a-boo” fan.