The bear necessities: Five cubs tumble down a slide and try out swings as they play in family’s backyard
- The adorable cubs were captured in a backyard in Asheville, North Carolina
- Footage shows two of the bears play fighting on the slide
- Two others are more interested in the swing while the mother bear looks on
Five bear cubs were captured having the time of their life on play equipment in North Carolina as mother bear looked on.
The adorable cubs were filmed on June 12 in Asheville as they enjoyed exploring the swing and slide set.
The main focus of the bear’s attention was the slide with four of the cubs scrambling to see who could enjoy it first.
The adorable cubs were filmed on June 12 in Asheville, North Carolina, as they enjoyed exploring the swing and slide set
The footage shows two of the bears play fighting for pole position at the bottom of the slide.
A third cub then tries its luck to get on the bottom of the slide, climbing over the side, and successfully knocking one of the bears off, while the other walks away.
The same cub bounds up to the top of the slide skidding down to tackle the cub, who it had pushed off, who’s now having another attempt at making it to the top, only to be pushed back down again.
The main focus of the bear’s attention was the slide with four of the cubs scrambling to see who could enjoy it first
The two continue to tussle up and down the slide and are joined by a third who plays and slides up and down.
Meanwhile one of the other cubs is intent on climbing on one of the swings and pushes it back and forward with its paws.
At one point the mother bear looks as though she is going to join in the fun and bounds over meaning the cub runs out of her way and climbs up the slide to tumble back down with the others.
The mother bear gets up and looks like she will join in the fun before deciding to peek into the bottom of the fort
Two of the cubs then play pushing the swings. The mother bear peeks into the bottom of the fort then rolls contentedly on the grass.
Another cub climbs the ladder at the back of the play equipment.
The person who recorded the footage said: ‘This was taken in our backyard. It is supposedly a mom and five cubs, two of which are suspected to be adopted from a different litter.’