Two huge coastal brown bears wrestle in a bid to improve their strength. Brave photographer Christopher Dodds got within yards of the dangerous animals at Katmai National Park in Alaska, United States...
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...The brothers, weighing a staggering 635kg (100 stones) each, give each other a hug as they regain their breath after a tiring 50-minute play fight. Christopher, a professional photographer and safari leader, said: "Photographing bears requires a good understanding of their behaviour and I recognised this as a fight between two siblings. The fight got rougher and rougher and louder and louder until they started to get tired. Then they hugged and recovered for a few minutes at a time, so they could start fighting again."
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