Did you wonder why we hold bears when we tell you not to? It’s not because we’re meanies.

There’s a reason and we would love beary much to tell you about it.

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(enjoy this 🧵 about 🐻) There are a few adult female bears, called sows, in northern Michigan that are part of the DNR’s surrogate sow program.

These bears already have cubs of their own and know how to be a mama bear, as shown in this photo of a sow and three little shadows following her.