Motherhood Gallery

Polar bear with cubs

Polar bear and cubs (Ursus maritimus). This large predator is native throughout Arctic circumpolar regions, although its range is limited by the extent of the pack ice. A male polar bear can weigh up to 600kg and measure 2.6m in length. Its diet ranges from birds to beluga whales to its more regular prey of seals. The polar bear can hunt on the land and in the water. It is known to have killed humans. Photographed in Svalbard, in the Arctic

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Duchess Evelyn Cavendish with her daughter Lady Anne, 1909 (sepia photo)

3474052 Duchess Evelyn Cavendish with her daughter Lady Anne, 1909 (sepia photo); Collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth House, UK; (add.info.: Evelyn Emily Mary Cavendish (1870-1960) Duchess of Devonshire.
Lady Anne Cavendish (1909-81)); © Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth; Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; out of copyright

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TOM-1745 Northern River Otter - mother eating a rainbow trout while her young pups try to snatch a bite

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Northern River Otter - mother eating a rainbow trout while her young pups try to snatch a bite
Northern Rockies - Montana - Wyoming - Western USA
Lontra canadensis
Pups are still mostly nursing at this stage though certainly interested in the fish - Summer
Tom & Pat Leeson
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