A doting brown bear gives one of her cubs a piggy back as they wade through a river, after the young mammal decided she didn’t like the water.
This is the heartwarming moment a brown bear carries its two cubs to safety over a river after they got tired and scared
Moments earlier, all three can be seen taking a drink from the water in Lark Clark National Park in Alaska
Sightseers watching the three bears thought they were only approaching the narrow creek in the search of a drink
The mother looked over her shoulder to witness her two young charges’ reluctance to enter the shallow water
The family trio crossed the creek in the never-ending search for food in the Lark Clark National Park in Alaska
Despite her standing up to check for danger, the cub continued to cling onto her mother’s fur and only got off her back when he was safely on the other side of the river.
According to witness Renee Doyle from Australia, one of the cubs was incredibly reluctant in entering the narrow creek
After their safe arrival on the other side, the two cubs quickly shook their fur and bounded off over the grass
‘She came to a stop at the small creek and we were on the other side. She bent down to take a drink of water and her cubs who are never far from her side followed her.