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The Spirit Bear, the rare 'blonde' black bear of Canada's western coast
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1191069/In-pictures-The-Spirit-Bear-rare-blonde-black-bear-Canadas-western-coast.html

By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 11:44 PM on 05th June 2009

[size=1.2em]It may look like a polar bear that has ventured too far south - but these once-in-a-lifetime photographs are of the extremely rare Spirit Bear.

[size=1.2em]Once thought to exist only in Native American mythology, the Spirit Bear, or Kermode Bear, is now recognised as an off-shoot of the American Black Bear population that lives in the lush coastal forests of British Columbia.


Spotted: The Spirit Bear, a 'blonde' subspecies of the black bear


The blonde Kermode Bear - a mother - goes fishing with her cub, a black bear


The bear, shown here again with her cub, is part of an extremely rare sub-species of black bear


Mother and baby were caught by a camera hidden by a blind

[size=1.2em]Amongst wildlife photographers it is considered rare if not virtually impossible to photograph one of these blonde, or white black bears, due to their scarcity.

[size=1.2em]One such photographer was Steve Kozlowski, who travelled along Canada's wild Pacific coast to catch a glimpse of these legendary beasts.