Trail-cam footage captured recently in Canada’s Yukon Territory shows a large grizzly bear walking across a wintry landscape with paws the size of snowshoes.
“Look at those huge feet!” David Troup exclaimed Saturday on Facebook.
While massive paws might be standard issue for such an immense creature, a camera must be uniquely situated to capture footage of its moving paw bottoms in such close detail.
As viewers will note, the bear pauses after walking past the camera to stand on its hind legs and sniff a tree previously marked by grizzly bears and black bears.
Troup told FTW Outdoors that his motion-sensor camera captured the footage in late September, but he held off on posting the clip until Saturday.
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Troup explained that he’s still sorting through a backlog of summer and fall footage to share with his Yukon Trail Cams Facebook followers throughout the winter.
“I bring in about half my cameras for winter as wildlife activity slows down but human activity increases with easier access to more remote spots via snow machine, skis, and snowshoes,” he said.
In September, Troup posted a clip showing a large grizzly bear charging in slow motion just feet from one of his cameras, revealing its powerful gait and enormous claws. (Click here to watch the viral video.)
Beforehand, the bear stands and scratches its back against a tree trunk in an impressive display of scent marking.
Troup said that camera location was about a mile from where his “huge feet” footage was captured.
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