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hedda_foil

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2. All kinds of animals foster the babies of other species.

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Original post)

Wed Jan 30, 2019, 06:06 PM

Jan 2019

It's not typical and I doubt it happens often, but we see U-Tube videos of dogs mothering ducklings and cats caring for rats all the time. It's weird, but it happens. So why not a bear and a toddler human? A 3 year old is about the size of a bear cub and is obviously a very young juvenile. It's not impossible that a female bear with a greater than average mothering instinct could hear the child's cries and decide to protect him.

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