Watch What a Grizzly Does with a Floating Camera

At least that's the impression given by new video footage from British Columbia, Canada. Shot by two GoPro cameras—one above and one below the water level—mounted to a homemade pontoon, the video offers a rare, extremely close look into the wild.

The young grizzly bear seems drawn to the cameras, nosing them playfully in the shallow, clear water of a river in Knight Inlet in southern British Columbia.

"The idea was to film bears diving for fish in two-meter deep pools," Newsflare member kitchinsink, who uploaded the video, wrote. "If I was in the pool they wouldn't come and dive, so I needed a camera that would float inconspicuously!"

"It’s clear the bear was curious about the cameras," says Dave

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