{"id":750812,"date":"2026-07-08T16:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/750812\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:22:11","slug":"black-bear-cubs-have-a-growly-play-fight-in-tofino-while-mom-grazes-like-nothings-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/750812\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Bear Cubs Have a Growly Play Fight in Tofino While Mom Grazes Like Nothing’s Happening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Black bears are present across Canada, but both black bears<\/a> and brown bears, including grizzlies, call its westernmost province home. British Columbia bears are far from rare, even in the suburbs, and a tourist in Tofino witnessed a precious moment between two bear cubs during a boat-based bear-watching tour.<\/p>\n

The July 1 video has racked up over 4 million views since @sarahjforde shared it on Instagram, and it’s easy to see why. The bear cubs growled, roared, and lunged at one another as they took part in the most epic play-fight of all time. Meanwhile, Mom couldn’t have cared less!<\/p>\n

Make sure to turn your volume up and listen closely to these rambunctious cubs<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Just listen to them! Even if they were only playing, these bear cubs<\/a> meant business; but then again, so did their mom, who refused to let anything get in the way of her meal. If you look closely, you’ll even see she had a fish dangling from her mouth at the very beginning of the video.<\/p>\n

“Momma don’t care,” commented @toyarj37. “She’s eating good.” You can say that again! As long as she heard her cubs arguing and annoying one another, she knew they were happily occupied.<\/p>\n

Related: Four Tiny Bear Cubs Were Caught ‘Purring’ While Nursing\u2014and People Can’t Get Enough<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s no wonder why so many parents can relate to this chaotic scene! @Klugshelley compared the cubs’ quarrel to “every backseat on a family road trip,” and she’s definitely onto something. @Fordiegram even said, “This looks like a scene from our house!”<\/p>\n

Managing feisty siblings can be exhausting for even the most energetic (or most caffeinated) parents, and, as this mama bear<\/a> learned, it’s sometimes best to let the kids sort things out themselves. They can practice fighting, learn to compromise, and keep each other occupied just long enough to give Mom a break. That sounds like a win-win to me!<\/p>\n

British Columbia Bears<\/p>\n

Sarah witnessed this adorable moment while taking a guided bear-watching tour on a boat in Tofino, British Columbia. This coastal town on Vancouver Island is a popular spot to view bears, though spotting bear cubs playing together is truly a once-in-a-lifetime sight.<\/p>\n

A special area<\/a> of British Columbia, called the Great Bear Rainforest, is a world-renowned place to view bears, wolves, waterfalls, glaciers, and so many of Mother Nature’s most beautiful sights. This 15.8 million-acre protected area is roughly the size of Ireland, and it’s home to black bears, grizzly bears<\/a>, and the rare Kermode bear, or ‘Spirit Bear.’<\/p>\n

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Bears can even make surprise appearances in BC suburbs, but many of the sweetest bear moments, like cubs breaking out into a growly play fight, happen deeper in the wilderness. Please always be cautious and aware when in bear country<\/a>, because you truly never know what you may see!<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by PetHelpful<\/a> on Jul 8, 2026, where it first appeared in the Pet News<\/a> section. Add PetHelpful as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Black bears are present across Canada, but both black bears and brown bears, including grizzlies, call its westernmost…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[25820,16405,2430,322024,10335,60499,79,322025,201],"class_list":["post-750812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-bear-cubs","tag-black-bears","tag-british-columbia","tag-british-columbia-bears","tag-brown-bears","tag-precious-moment","tag-science","tag-tofino","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}