16 June 2010
Shake, rattle and rollar bears
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The pair were practicing their fancy footwork hoping to impress during the mating season.
But the male bears are not the showing off their dancing skills. The two furry creatures are perfecting their sparring.
In these amazing pictures the bears launch themselves on each other and wrestle in a bid for supremacy.
Photographer Andrew Castellano, who was filming in the area, said: "The photos were taken near Churchill, Canada, on the edge of Hudson Bay.
"The polar bears are all congregating on the edge of the bay so that they can go out on the ice to hunt seals.
"Each day we would go out in a 'Tundra Buggy' to film the polar bears.
"In these photos, male bears are sparring, honing their fighting skills.
"These fights are just for play but during the mating season the fights can be very brutal."
But he added: "When the bears were not sparring, they were usually lounging around on the ice, conserving their energy."
Polar bears are the world's largest land carnivore with adult males weighing in at more than half a ton (350-680 kilos).
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二匹の熊が交尾期に自分のことを相手に印象づけるために愉快なフットワークを練習していた。しかしオス熊は自分のダンスの腕前を見せない。その驚くべき写真に写っている熊たちは、自分自身を相手に見せつけ、支配権を得るために取っ組み合いをしている。
Andrew Castellanoは「その写真はカナダのハドソン湾のはずれのチャーチルの近くで撮られた。北極熊はアザラシを捕まえるためにその湾に集まっていて、私たちはその写真を撮っている。これらの写真に写っているように、オス熊の戦いは遊びとして行われるが、交尾期に行われるのは非常にまれなことだ。」と言っている。
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mating season/交尾期
creature/生物、動物
spar/(ボクシング)スパーリングする、口論する
launch/売りつける
wrestle/取っ組み合う、全力を尽くす
bid/努力、企て、勧誘
supremacy/優越、優位、支配権
congregate/集まった、集団の
seal/アザラシ
brutal/すごい、並はずれた
lounge/横になる
carnivore/肉食性の哺乳類
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北極熊が本当にダンスをしているようで可愛い写真でした。
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3016787/Shake-rattle-and-rollar-bears.html
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