Mother Bear Leads Her Three Newborn Cubs Across Creek Using Fallen Tree

Mother bear knows best. A mama bear's love is unmatched. Good luck finding a bond or connection out in the wild that's stronger than a mother bear's dedication to her cubs. If you were only going to follow one rule out in nature, the big one to live by is to never get in between cubs and their mother bear. Fortunately, things stay pretty mundane in this video. There's no attacking or charging to be seen, because this time around, the focus is instead on this mother's caring, safety-first nature. The family of bears needed to get across a creek, and a fallen tree in the middle of the woods acted as the perfect bridge. But before she could comfortably lead her offspring across the hefty log, the mother bear tested out things beforehand. Once she confirmed that it would be able to hold her weight, she walked back to the side where the cubs were waiting to get the green light and encouraged them to follow along. The trail camera was perfectly placed to capture this incredible crossing: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7K6ZKfpogO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The caption for the post said, "Wait for it," and I'm really glad that I did. Sometimes those "wait for it" posts aren't worth waiting around, but this video certainly is. I could watch this momma bear and her small cubs utilize a fallen tree to cross the creek all day long. It appears that everyone else on social media enjoyed it just as much as did: "She literally showed them this was their tree to use." "Such a good mama and those cubs are so stinking cute." "She checked if the tree is safe, not rotten, so they wouldn't fall in the creek." "The most gruesome death imaginable would be absolutely worth the slimmest chance that they all want to hug me back." Those comments are all great, but my favorite thought that was shared underneath the adorable video was this one below. This quote below made me cackle (laugh out loud), so I wanted to separate it from the others and give it a bit of spotlight here. Hopefully it gives you as much joy as it did me: "I just whispered 'please be careful, honey' like this isn’t a fucking bear who lives in the woods."