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A baby bear took a nibble at a photographer after becoming curious about his boot. <\/p>\n
Wildlife photographer Bruce Robert Danz<\/a> was in the Katmai Preserve in Alaska on August 2 with another shooter while capturing images of three cubs and a mama bear fishing. <\/p>\n But as is sometimes the case with wildlife photography, the bears wandered close to the humans; a little too close. <\/p>\n As the cubs emerged from the muddy river, the trio of inquisitive cubs walked past the two photographers. <\/p>\n Danz\u2019s companion can be heard saying, \u201cNo bear, no bear\u201d as the bears get too close for comfort. Then one of the cubs couldn\u2019t resist the urge to investigate and started sniffing at Danz\u2019s shoe. <\/p>\n The sniff turns into a nibble and Danz quickly pulled his foot away ever so slightly. \u201cNo bear, that\u2019s my foot,\u201d Danz says. <\/p>\n \u201cJust moving my boot a little was enough to end the interaction and the cub fell back in line,\u201d Danz tells Storyful<\/a>.<\/p>\n Danz was on a photographic tour with Jerry Jacques, who has been leading grizzly bear photo safaris since 1977. <\/p>\n \u201cWe kept our distance, kept quiet and did not disturb the bears from fishing,\u201d Danz says. \u201cThe bears were aware of our presence and occasionally would walk very close to us.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cJerry said we handled the situation perfectly by not causing alarm,\u201d Danz adds. \u201cJerry suggested perhaps the cub was tired of salmon and wanted to try some filet of sole. I was not afraid, just intent on keeping quiet and not causing alarm.\u201d<\/p>\n