If you look on the relevant websites relating to bears in Canada, you'll discover useful tips on how to avoid becoming a bear's lunch, as well as such gems as "black bears can be black, brown, or grey". Similar descriptions are available for brown and grizzly bears, although uniquely the Polar bear is only available in white. Things are obviously different in Vancouver, where spirit bears roam free. Cathy is busy photographing these creatures, some of whom seem to have friends.





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