While hunters use trail cameras for tracking animal patterns, wildlife enthusiasts have taken up watching trail cams for fun. Recently, one wildlife lover got the show of his life: a black bear throwing out some rather fancy moves.
Tom McClelland set up trail cameras in the woods of Johnson, Ontario, hoping to catch a glimpse of the local forest residents. McClelland shares the videos on his Instagram page.
One particular video shows a black bear standing on its hind legs, sliding up and down the tree trunk with its arm in the air. While it was likely trying to get a good back scratch in, the movement looked a lot like dancing.
Of course, everyone has their own take on the bear's moves. McClelland set the stage with the caption "Sexy black bear working the stripper pole." He even added the hashtags #burlesque and #poledancer, and the Instagram-verse didn't need any more encouragement to keep it rolling.
One viewer wrote, "Now, we know where the pole dance originated from." While another followed it up with, "That's "bear-ly legal!" Another commenter had a more practical approach, "Just a single mom working her way through college..." Others wanted to know if the bear would be willing to give lessons.
A few were impressed by the clarity of McClelland's trail cam footage. He revealed in the comments that he uses a Bushnell camera to capture these animal clips.
McClelland was lucky enough to get some additional footage of this bear when it returned about a week later to the same spot for yet another stellar back rub. This time, McClelland added some stripper music in the background to accompany the moves. However, the dancing was short-lived this time, and the bear went along its merry way. One viewer suggested the bear be named "Patricia the delicia," but we think Lola may be more fitting. She, after all, was a show bear.
