KRONOTSKY, RUSSIA: A PO-FACED photographer got more than he bargained for when a family of bears decided to pay him a visit. Pictures taken from the other side of a river bank show the hapless snapper trying to remain calm as the three cubs approach him – flanked by their mighty 800-pound mother. In his confusion he fails to notice another large bear sneaking up behind him as he takes his pictures of the family. Luckily for him the bear decided to leave him in peace, rather than pieces. The wild encounter was captured by entrepreneur Andrey Kireev (44) from Moscow while he was volunteering at


KRONOTSKY, RUSSIA: A PO-FACED photographer got more than he bargained for when a family of bears decided to pay him a visit. Pictures taken from the other side of a river bank show the hapless snapper trying to remain calm as the three cubs approach him – flanked by their mighty 800-pound mother. In his confusion he fails to notice another large bear sneaking up behind him as he takes his pictures of the family. Luckily for him the bear decided to leave him in peace, rather than pieces. The wild encounter was captured by entrepreneur Andrey Kireev (44) from Moscow while he was volunteering at Russia’s South Kamchatka Wildlife Sanctuary.


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