A group of people was recorded pulling two bear cubs from a tree in North Carolina ... petting it with one hand, posing and smiling while another member of the group appears to snap a picture.
It shows a mother polar bear walking through the frozen landscape — then a cub pops up out of the den and slips and slides over the ice toward her. As the cub reaches its mom, another two emerge ...
The DNR gave everyone a peek inside that process this week when it posted an update into its den-check program on its social media page. It also included pictures of some tiny and incredibly cute cubs ...