This Orphaned 1,500 Pound Kodiak Bear Is Sick—Needs Hugs

Update May 10, 2018: Jimbo the Kodiak bear has died since this story was originally published.

As it turns out, bears need love, too.

At least, according to this video. The clip above shows a man literally bear-hugging a grown Kodiak bear named Jimbo around his head and petting him on the back of the neck. The man then sits down next to Jimbo and, after removing a yellow work glow, lets the bear lick his hand.

Born to captive parents at a wildlife park in California, Jimbo was brought to the nonprofit Orphaned Wildlife Center as an injured cub years ago. When the park went under, the center took him in because he wouldn't have been able to survive in the wild. Jimbo popped up on peoples' Facebook feeds in 2016 when a

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