RUSSIA: THE DRAMATIC moment a mother brown bear defended her cubs from a potentially fatal attack by an aggressive six-hundred-pound male has been captured by an awestruck nature photographer. The two wild animals are seen going claw-to-claw near the Kuril Lake in Kamchatka, Russia, as the petrified cubs watch their mother battling for the very survival of her tiny family. Incredibly, despite being out-weighed, brave momma bear eventually chased off the cowardly male. Local photographer Denis Budkov, 36, took these amazing shots at Kamchatka in Russia’s Far East, an area known for its high po


RUSSIA: THE DRAMATIC moment a mother brown bear defended her cubs from a potentially fatal attack by an aggressive six-hundred-pound male has been captured by an awestruck nature photographer. The two wild animals are seen going claw-to-claw near the Kuril Lake in Kamchatka, Russia, as the petrified cubs watch their mother battling for the very survival of her tiny family. Incredibly, despite being out-weighed, brave momma bear eventually chased off the cowardly male. Local photographer Denis Budkov, 36, took these amazing shots at Kamchatka in Russia’s Far East, an area known for its high population of bears. Denis Budkov /


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