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\"\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One of the bears ambled to the side of the Tundra Buggy, I decided to go out to the rear of the buggy and meet him on the back open-air platform \u201cOK bear,\u201d I told him. \u201cAre you ready for your close-up?\u201d I established eye contact with him. Slowly, he sauntered over and then began to rise up on his hind legs. He was easily 12 feet tall. Leaning over the edge of the platform, looking directly at his face, I shot frame after frame of photos. He rose up closer. He was so close I could no longer focus. And then it happened.<\/em><\/p>\n

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