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Photo: Baby Bear Plays On Backyard Slide For Nation's Mental Health
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Published Sep 6, 2013
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It's not every day that you come home to find a family of bears playing in your backyard, but for one New Jersey mom and her two daughters, that was exactly what happened when—OH JESUS CHRIST, IT'S STRAIGHT UP CHILLIN' ON THAT SLIDE, IT KNOWS IN ITS HEART THAT IT'S PEOPLE, CAN WE KEEP IT MOM? Fortunately or unfortunately, NJ.com reports that Maryann Vanadia's kids ended up scaring the bears away with an air horn after taking 70 photos of them.
Anyway, you can check out a few more candid photos of these playful bears making a mess in Vanadia's backyard on NJ.com. And if you're tempted to adopt an adorable bear cub, just remember that even cute things sometimes pack ferociously adorable bites.
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