A brown bear holding hay in a snowy landscape with patches of ice and sparse vegetation, suggesting late afternoon winter light. 0:37
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Hugo the brown bear versus a bale of hay

Snow, ice, a few tufts of dry grass and one bale of hay. For Hugo the brown bear, that's plenty. more

Hugo was found as a cub and now lives at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, where he spends his days doing the things bears do. On this cold day he stands at the edge of the icy water, head down, nosing at the dry grass along the shore.

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Hugo noses at the grass at the edge of the icy water.

The real find of the day is a bale of hay. Hugo grabs hold of it and turns it into a toy, as playful as a cub. One fan called him a very, very large kitten, and another was sure the hay bale won.

A brown bear holding hay in a snowy landscape with patches of ice and sparse vegetation, suggesting late afternoon winter light. The headline runs in white letters across the lower third.Save
Snow, ice, a few tufts of dry grass and one bale of hay.

One person, writing in Russian, wondered why a bear is awake at all in the middle of winter. Hugo doesn't seem worried about it. Near the end he wanders off across the snow, past patches of dry grass.

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Hugo heads off across the snow past patches of dry grass.

Someone summed him up with a twist on an old song. Bears just want to have fun. On a cold day in Alaska, one bale of hay seems to be all it takes.