Footage showing an exhausted Yellowstone National Park grizzly bear attempting to nap outside its den has captured the hearts of viewers.
“Are you having trouble losing those unwanted, extra holiday pounds? Then ask your doctor if hibernation is right for you,” The U.S. Department of the Interior, joked in a video Facebook post.
The agency added that while most bears in Wyoming are hibernating and will lose up to one-third of their body weight before spring, “It’s possible to see one any time of the year.”
The footage, captured by Trent Sizemore Photography, was shared by the U.S. Department of the Interior on Wednesday.
The most popular comment: “It’s videos like this that make me forget that fluffy guy could tear off my face.”
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A sampling of others:
–“This snow-loving bear is my kindred spirit. After being in the awful humid heat of Houston, I’ve long wished for a bed of snow.”
–“I could watch this cutie all day.”
From the Trent Sizemore Photography post:
–“He was making a snow angel.”
–“Wish I could sleep and rest for a few months and then wake up skinny, not losing any muscle.”
Visitors to Yellowstone can expect male grizzly bears to emerge from hibernation beginning in mid-March. Females with cubs typically emerge in April or early May.
Black bears, which den at lower elevations, can emerge as early as late February.
–Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of the Interior, via Trent Sizemore Photography