I dare say, bears are some of the most majestic animals out there, right among foxes, wolves, and unicorns. If lions are considered kings of the jungle, bears have to be kings of the forests.
But when they’re not busy looking for food or sleeping, they’re definitely dedicating some time to derp around, whether alone or with other fellow bears.
Bored Panda has rifled through the internet to find the most adorable, hilarious or just random pictures of bears taking a break from nature and doing whatever it is that they are doing in those pictures.
You’ll find these pictures in the curated list below, and while you’re down there, why not vote and comment on the ones you enjoyed the most, read up on bears, and share your thoughts in the comment section!
#1 So We Got Married At The Zoo, And This Bear Had An Interesting First Look Reaction
Image credits: DrBaumli
#2 Bear Was Relaxing On Thrown Away Chair In A Very Human Position. He Had One Leg Casually Crossed Over The Other And Was Resting One Arm On The Armrest
Image credits: Hygena-Pet-Scooper
#3 Bears In Trees? Bears In Threes? Bears In Trees
Image credits: ramdom-ink
So, according to National Geographic, there are 8 species of bears, including brown, black, polar bears, and giant pandas and, fun fact, excluding koalas as they are not actually bears, but marsupials. The more you know!
Anywho, depending on things like age, species and whatnot, bears can weigh anywhere between 60 and 1,000 pounds (27 to 450 kilograms), and can live up to 25 years in the wild, or 50 years in captivity.
#4 Check Out This Guy Just Chilling By A Lake With A Rainbow Contemplating Life
Image credits: OMGLMAOWTF_com
#5 I'm Volunteering In A Bear Refuge In Croatia And I Thought Like Sharing This Photo Of A Chillaxing Lad With You Guys
Image credits: ZekouCafe
#6 Someone's Had A Beary Rough Day
Image credits: reddit.com
#7 Just Some Black Bears Eating Some Apples In The Woods
Image credits: John Fusco
Pop culture has made it look like bears love honey. Well, they do, but each species prefers its own diet. Besides, a polar bear is probably not as likely to find honey as some other bears would, hence they prefer seals. Regardless, bears are considered omnivores and will eat practically anything they can get their hands on.
Pop culture has also made it look like bears are vicious marauders that would kill for some human flesh—as seen on some magazine covers. Contrary to popular belief, they don’t actually draw back their lips in anger like some other animals do.
#8 Beagull
Image credits: Jonathan Chen
#9 Friends On The Other Side Of The Tank
Image credits: TheBlazingPhoenix
#10 Bear Enjoying The View And Contemplating Life
#11 Oh, Herro Hooman, It's Just Me, Bear
Image credits: radiogunk
#12 Bear Grills
Image credits: misnamed
Bear.ORG explains that hunters, researchers, and rural homeowners who have actually met their fair share of bears say otherwise. Bears will more often than not run away and climb up a tree where it’s safe rather than show aggression, and if a bear is seriously uneasy with someone, they’ll actually make their muzzle long and narrow.
But don’t assume a bear won’t attack. They can still do that if it feels like their food, cubs, or space are being threatened, or if a bear is very hungry, and you’re an easy solution to this need. So be cautious!
#13 I Had This Strange Feeling I Was Being Watched
Image credits: Clifford Wilson
#14 Little Bear Baby
#15 What They Got Going On Over There ?
Image credits: WlTCHFINDER-GENERAL
#16 Even Bears Need To Relax Sometimes
Image credits: taykaybo
#17 Momma Bear Checking For The Traffic Before Letting Her Cubs Cross The Road
Image credits: HavingLastLaugh
Unfortunately, like many other species of animals, bears are also in danger. The biggest threats here are loss of habitat (though logging, agriculture, and growing human populations), and some species, like the sun bear, also face poaching and illegal wildlife trade.
This is all besides climate change, which greatly affects polar bears. It is said that there are around 22,000 to 31,000 polar bears left on the planet, making them a vulnerable species.
#18 Absolute Unit Kodiak Bear
Image credits: kylekotajarvi
#19 Bear And Chipmunk Sharing Breakfast
Image credits: Beige_bear
#20 This Bear Started Begging For My French Fries At The Zoo
Image credits: vampfredthefrog
#21 Excuse Me Sir, Do You Have A Moment To Talk About Our Lord And Savior Jesus Christ?
Image credits: bricks87
#22 It's My Picnic Basket Now
Image credits: thegreatbiggusdickus
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#23 A Massive Brown Bear With Her Cub
#24 Brown Bear Chillin' At Berlin Zoo
Image credits: ThatsHowGrammaDied
#25 This Bear Chilling In A Tree, Picture Taken Today By Myself
Image credits: reddit.com
#26 Round Bear
Image credits: WeebWallets
#27 Sad Bear Popped A Hole In My Friend's Pool
Image credits: MattSayar
#28 Friend's Mom Nearly Had A Heart Attack When She Looked Out The Back Window This Morning
Image credits: downwarddawg
#29 Bears Use Crosswalks Of Course
Image credits: Penrod_Pooch
#30 Playing On The Trampoline
Image credits: metoo9450
#31 From A Friend Of A Friends Kitchen Window This Morning In NY
Image credits: Niki McGuire
#32 Our Cookout In Gatlinburg, TN Was Interrupted By A Bear Who Sat Just Like A Human At The Picnic Table While He Finished Off Our Food
Image credits: takeheedyoungheathen
#33 Black Bears Are Very Good At Getting To Food Left By Humans
#34 Paws To Paws
Image credits: 970souk
#35 Bear Bath
Image credits: Régis Leroy
#36 Born And Raised In Flavortown
Image credits: jon-in-tha-hood
#37 Caught The Homie On Break At The Zoo
Image credits: BeefSquatchKing
#38 He Could Bear-Ly Swim
#39 A Traveller Sought Entry For Essential Reasons, But Had No Travel Documents
Image credits: 970souk
#40 You Wouldn't Stop Me If I Was A Polar Bear
#41 I Found Confession Bear At The Zoo Today
Image credits: bigred1987
#42 Chill Bear Is Chillin
Image credits: robotech420
#43 Not My Best Picture But How About A Bear Sitting Like A Human
Image credits: elipooter
#44 I’ve Come To Believe This Is How A 40 Year Old Man Sits In The Bathtub, Defeated, And Hoping He Can Get A Few Peaceful Minutes Away From His Children
Image credits: jkohanowski
#45 Glasses
Image credits: jon-in-tha-hood
#46 Waiting For His Uber
Image credits: headfullofpain
#47 Enjoying The Show
Image credits: PeckZenIT
#48 One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure
Image credits: sweetgaze
#49 Bears Having Fun
Image credits: cloechaudron
#50 Mmm. Let's See How My Stocks Are Doing Today
#51 Two Bears In A Serious Meeting
Image credits: KUSH_DID_420
#52 Just Chilling On A Stump
Image credits: asingularbean
#53 Scientific Proof That Bears Grow On Trees
Image credits: Squishy1818
#54 Bear Chillin’. One Of My Fave Pics I’ve Gotten
We live close to the zoo and a back trail has access to the bear enclosure at the back - outside of the zoo. This dude likes to hang out on the tree higher than the fences.
Image credits: Squishy1818
#55 Just Like We Did In Elementary School
Image credits: GoodMoleman2You
#56 Sitting In A Boat
Image credits: frozenwaterbear
#57 Hello, I'm Mr. Bear, And Welcome To My Talk Show
Image credits: Draeygo
#58 Black Bear Cub Working On Her Pole Dancing Routine
Image credits: saskatoonbaldguy
#59 This Couple Adopted Stepan When He Was A 3-Month-Old Orphaned Cub
Image credits: Svetlana and Yuriy Panteleenko
#60 Smug Mug
Image credits: katmai_bears
#61 Patron Says Hello
Image credits: 970souk
#62 Well-Fed Bear From Katmai
Image credits: OncaAtrox
#63 Preparing For Christmas
Image credits: Zoo Berlin
#64 Sleeping Bear
Image credits: Dennis
#65 Contemplating The Meaning Of Life
Image credits: scienceofsin
#66 I've Waited So Long To Get That Perfect Grizzly Bear Photo. Took The Expensive Tour And Everything
Image credits: Marnee Pearce
#67 Absolutely No PPE In Sight
Image credits: SporksAndForks
#68 Scientific Proof That Bears Grow On Trees
#69 Two Cuties At The Columbus Zoo
Image credits: Libby-Kay
#70 American Black Bear Cub Surprised Me While We Were Hanging Out On The Deck. Gatlinburg, Tn
Image credits: Delonix77
#71 A Black Bear Sow Stands Up For A Better View Before Heading Into The Woods
Image credits: 28204dan
#72 Sunny The Bear Still Chillaxing In His Tree In The New Decade
Image credits: Squishy1818
#73 They're Having A Hard Time Getting To Sleep (Bing Image From Yesterday)
Image credits: reddit.com
#74 Thinking
Image credits: bearmiro02
#75 Chilling Out! Could Be A Coca Cola Picture
Image credits: Lambert-Theold
#76 Sleeping
Image credits: Greg Goebel
#77 Giving Mama A Kiss
Image credits: jon-in-tha-hood
#78 He Prefers To Walk On His Own Two Feet
Image credits: raenapote
#79 Funny Bear
Image credits: marylandzoo
#80 Just A Bear Eating His Lunch That Is All
Image credits: kriskirby86
#81 Smiling Bear
Image credits: Hellsong26
#82 Black Bear Having A Nice Scratch On A Tree In My Front Yard
Image credits: vivacious_mermaid
#83 Shot Of The (Yester)day
Image credits: bodkinsbest
#84 She Is My Spirit Animal. Internal Screaming
Image credits: bekahrex
#85 Kiss Me
Image credits: John Vetterli
#86 Lazy Morning Bears
Image credits: Harald Deischinger
#87 Comfortable
Image credits: Arctic Wolf
#88 Just Contemplating
Image credits: Björn Söderqvist
#89 Bear Looks Sarcastic
Image credits: RuggedlyHandsome
#90 Hello World, I'm Bear
Image credits: -Damien-
#91 Bear Paws
Image credits: Antonio Rivera
#92 Scratching Bear
Image credits: Tambako The Jaguar
#93 Bears
Image credits: Ninara
#94 Smiling Bear
Image credits: AleGranholm
#95 Russian A&P
Image credits: reddit.com
#96 Just Taking A Stroll Down The Sidewalk
Image credits: nightbaker41
#97 Dumpster Diving
Image credits: photonovice
#98 Lounging Around
Image credits: SchwiftyInHere
#99 Blursed Birthday Boy
Image credits: reddit.com
#100 Dillan Is Less Than Thrilled With His New Diet
Image credits: The Wild Animal Sanctuary
#101 I’m Having Trouble With This. Is It A Bear Or A Dog?
Image credits: Economy_Albatross
#102 Mary Is Giving A Warm Welcome To Noy, A New Rescued Sun Bear At Free The Bears Sanctuary
Image credits: b12ftw
#103 Eastern North Carolina Black Bear In A Soy Bean Field
Image credits: NCMetalFan
#104 Little Bear
Image credits: bearmiro02
#105 Polar Bear
Image credits: xrayspx
#106 Have A Drink
Image credits: anoldent
#107 Chill
Image credits: timlewisnm
#108 Showing Tongue
Image credits: Paul Hudson
#109 Bear Nap
Image credits: Becker1999
#110 Bear Tongue
Image credits: Sonse
#111 Grizzly Bear
Image credits: Allan Hack
#112 Hi Neighbor
Image credits: elipooter
#113 A Few Magic Moments With An Amazing Family Of 3 Second Summer Cubs That I Spent Time With Last Summer
Image credits: bradjosephsphotos
#114 Why So Sad?
Is it because the Pebble Partnership wants to put a road through the best bear habitat in the world? Or perhaps their plan to decimate the last great salmon run on earth? The best available science says that Bristol Bay is not a place to be tinkered with. These bears range far and wide to utilize different seasonal food sources and a mine and industrial complex just doesn’t fit in this part of the world. This is the wrong mine in the wrong place.
Image credits: davesandford
#115 Bear Tongue
Image credits: Jim Bauer
#116 Sun Bear
Image credits: Keith Roper
#117 U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service Southeast Region
Image credits: bear cubs
#118 Bear Holding Bear Stuffie
Image credits: emitremmus27
#119 Three Bear Cubs Playing In The Woods
Image credits: j3ffr33d0m
#120 2 Bear Cubs Checking Out The Fresh Snowfall Just Outside Of Thunder Bay
Image credits: Chispy
#121 Bear Dance
Image credits: katmai_bears
#122 Smokey The Bear
Image credits: katmai_bears
#123 This Bear Trying To Hide Behind A Tree Trunk
Image credits: sinpew
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