Colorado bear poses for roughly 400 'selfies' on wildlife camera - BBC News

One motion-detecting camera captured roughly 400 images of the surprise selfie star.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Open Space and Mountain ParksImage caption, A black bear in Colorado appeared on one motion-detecting camera roughly 400 timesBy Brandon DrenonBBC News, WashingtonA black bear in Colorado has been pausing and posing in front of motion-detecting cameras, snapping hundreds of "selfies".

On one camera, roughly 400 out of 580 images were of the same bear.

Most of the other animals at Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) in Boulder simply walk by, searching for food or resting places. But not this bear.

This animal "took a special interest" in the cameras, an OSMP spokesperson said, and seized the "opportunity."

"These pictures made us laugh, and we thought others would, too,"spokesperson Philip Yates said in a statement

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