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A still frame from a video shot by Brad Josephs of a grizzly bear sniffing a camera. (\u00a9Brad Josephs)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From Staff Reports<\/h3>\n

Grizzly bears are among the most popular and watched-for animals in Yellowstone National Park. Millions of visitors each year deploy cameras, binoculars and spotting scopes in hopes of seeing one of the great beasts.<\/p>\n

For those that yearn for a close-up, first-hand experience, some new footage by an Alaskan biologist offers an amazing look at what it looks like to be food (or at least a potential curiosity) to a grizzly bear.<\/p>\n

Brad Josephs, a naturalist interpreter specializing in bear biology\u00a0and ecology, was guiding a trip in Alaska when he set up a GoPro camera. The small, rugged video cameras are often used by outdoor sports enthusiasts to capture extreme feats of skiing or cycling. Josephs used a rubber band to strap the camera to a rock.<\/p>\n

He captured footage of an older mother grizzly and her 3-year-old cub, according to his website<\/a>. One of the bears was curious about the camera and gave it a through sniff and overal “mouthing.” The resulting footage is one-of-a-kind, and about as close as most anyone would want to get to an actual set of grizzly bear teeth in the wild.<\/p>\n