Adorable Bear Steals Show, Taking 400 Selfies via Wildlife Camera in Boulder Colorado, Leading to Internet Memes Galore

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Eleonora Bader
Feb 2, 2023 9:00 AM EST

Woof, are we in for a treat today! An adorable bear discovered a ranger's wildlife camera and immediately wanted to steal all the attention. When the ranger looked at the 580 pictures captured, he realized that about 400 of them were actually bear selfies! Slay, queen, what else can we say? These Wildlife cameras are actually meant to track bears, deer, and other animals, but obviously, someone wanted to steal the show — and steal the show he did!

Some commenters on Twitter were quick to point out that bears should be hibernating now, so @boulderosmp clarified that the pictures were from last year, posted originally to their Instagram account. After that was all cleared up, the commenters basically made memes out of the photos, with some hilarious captions. Scroll down to check out the whole story. You're also welcome to click here for some adorable derpy animal pics that'll get your serotonin soaring!

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    Font - Boulder OSMP @boulderosmp Recently, a bear discovered a wildlife camera that we use to monitor wildlife across #Boulder open space. Of the 580 photos captured, about 400 were bear selfies. Read more about we use wildlife cameras to observe sensitive wildlife habitats. bit.ly/3XSKIUq :
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    Font - laura guy... @lauraa... • Jan 24 Replying to @boulderosmp Oh I do need to ask what "recently" means. Are not all bears sleeping right now? 11 27 41 il 50.5K Boulder OSMP @boulderosmp • Jan 24 Replying to @lauraannguy This came from last year. It was originally posted on our Instagram account: instagram.com/boulderosmp/ 3 24 135 ₁42K (→
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    Font - Bitcoin of Ame... Replying to @boulderosmp It is a bear market after-all. 27 5 @BTCofAme... • Jan 27 27 2 15 Something Stra... @atsquadofsq... • Jan 24 Replying to @boulderosmp There's some Blue Steel in the 3rd picture...hire that bear model! 6,812 49 ₁10K :
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    Font - Haris @HarisHarisba • Jan 27 Replying to @boulderosmp Give this bear instagram profile 22 5 5,376 Escape From Flat... @EscpFrmFla... • Jan 26 Replying to @boulderosmp 134 Sure, it's cute when the bear takes 400 selfies with the trail cam. But when I do it, I get a letter advising me that I should have taken a left at the trail split and that I was on private property. 2 17 9 (→ 9,873 بار 企 ←]
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    Font - Every day, scores of animal species furtively scurry across Boulder landscapes to search for food and to find resting places. Most often, no one - not even City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) staff - ever sees them.
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    Font - But sometimes OSMP staff is fortunate enough to get an up-close look at local wildlife thanks to a system of motion-detecting cameras that passively capture snapshots and videos of animals residing in their natural state. Currently, OSMP has 9 cameras across its 46,000-acre land system.
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    Font - "The motion-detecting cameras provide us a unique opportunity to learn more about how local species use the landscape around us while minimizing our presence in sensitive
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    Font - habitats," said Will Keeley, senior wildlife ecologist for Open Space and Mountain Parks. "These cameras play an important role in helping OSMP staff identify important wildlife areas. The information we collect from
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    Font - them is used to recommend habitat-protective measures to help protect sensitive natural areas." OSMP wildlife cameras come to life when an animal steps in front of them. When that happens, the cameras snap a still photograph. The
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    Font - cameras then have the ability to capture video for 10 to 30 seconds. At night, the cameras use infrared light to create photographs that minimize disturbances to nocturnal wildlife.
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    Font - OSMP places its cameras in corridors where animals are likely to travel, such as road underpasses. The department also places cameras in areas where there are signs of wildlife activity, such as footprints in snow or game trails crossing fence-lines.
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    Font - "Sometimes we put cameras in locations where we think we'll encounter enigmatic fauna like American beavers or black bears," said Christian Nunes, a wildlife ecologist with OSMP. "We are fortunate to live in an area with a rich diversity of
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    Font - wildlife species, and these cameras help us to learn what animals are really out there, and what they are up to over the course of a day, a week, or even years."
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