Do you like to take selfies? Well maybe, and you might often do it because you are human and you can use a phone. But that’s not the case for animals since they definitely need our help to take some. We can use a great angle to make people believe that the animal took it alone or we can just take a selfie with it. But that’s all we can do, no?
How do you dare underestimate animals? And particularly the bear that we are going to talk about today. It doesn’t have a name, but it became very famous these last days on social media by taking more than 400 selfies with a camera placed in the wildlife in a park in Colorado.
The Bear Took Many Poses
A very interesting experiment is taking place in the national park of Boulder in Colorado. The organization decided to place monitoring cameras in order to observe wildlife. It is possible to see many animals such as deer, platypuses, and many others. But there’s one animal that decided to act like a star in the park.
A bear decided to take 580 pictures of himself with one of the cameras, and 400 of them were selfies in different poses. Some selfies are taken from the front, others are taken in profile and others are even taken from the back. And of course, like for us, there are some misses and these are hilarious. The poor bear couldn’t perfectly take himself in the photo for every selfie. But that’s normal, like us, he tried to look for the best angle to post the best one he has taken on Instagram.
Recently, a bear discovered a wildlife camera that we use to monitor wildlife across #Boulder open space. Of the 580 photos captured, about 400 were bear selfies.🤣 Read more about we use wildlife cameras to observe sensitive wildlife habitats. https://t.co/1hmLB3MHlU pic.twitter.com/714BELWK6c
— Boulder OSMP (@boulderosmp) January 23, 2023
The city of Boulder in Colorado even commented on this event on their website, proud that this bear went viral through their experiment: “Usually, animals just walk past our wildlife cameras, but this bear took the opportunity to take some selfies with it. Four hundred of them, in fact. Dubbed “Selfie Bear,” this cute creature has gone viral for its adorable selfies, with news outlets around the world clamoring to cover them. Wildlife cameras help us learn what animals are out there and what they’re up to over the course of a day, a week, or even years. And sometimes, that means taking a bunch of selfies, just like us”.
Animals Taking Selfies Are Some Of The Most Famous Memes
That’s not the first time that we see a picture like this actually. Of course, not many animals like the bear took selfies without the help of a human. But It already happened. One of the most famous examples is the Female Celebes Crested Macaque which took a picture of itself.
On this picture, Macaque stole David Slater’s camera who wanted to take some pictures of the wildlife. The animal was able to use the camera and took this wonderful selfie which became a meme through the internet and which is still up to date. The picture is still being used in many montages.
Another famous selfie taken by an animal is from the most famous pug on the internet, Doug The Pug. The dog decided to take a trip in the Hollywood Hills in order to take one of the best selfies ever taken in front of the famous Hollywood Sign.
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Of course, it got help from its human since a pug cannot take a selfie, unfortunately. But the eyes, the face, and the tongue are just perfect in this photo. Posted in 2015, It is still today one of the most liked and famous pictures of the dog influencer.
Finally, the last selfie taken by an animal that grabbed our attention was that chicken which took advantage of a situation where its master dropped his phone on the ground.
The chicken’s master tells us that he accidentally dropped his phone on the ground and that the chicken decided to put its leg on it. And that’s what happened after, a wonderful chicken selfie that makes us think that Chicken Little is real. As you can see, many other selfies taken by animals exist, but this bear was definitely something special.
