Yukon Wildlife Cams on Wednesday shared footage of a black bear scent-marking a tree with a back scratch, only to have a grizzly bear claim the tree the same way five days later.
The footage reveals a behavior intended to leave scent for other bears, or simply to satisfy an itch.
Grizzly bear running toward trail camera.
Back scratches are impressive because they reveal a bear’s true size, and Yukon Wildlife Cam’s footage is reminiscent of perhaps its most striking scent-marking footage to date, captured in August 2021.
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Click here to observe the footage shared Monday, and compare it to the footage from 2021, posted below (or viewed via this link).
The footage shows an enormous grizzly bear enjoying a scratch before charging ferociously toward the camera in slow motion, head lurching and massive claws on display.
It also provides a sense of what an attacking grizzly bear might look like, and inspired one of the top comments: “Can you imagine standing where the trail camera is?”
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Grizzly bear reveals massive claws while charging past trail camera