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A large adult black bear and her three cubs visited a South Lake Tahoe beach last weekend where they beat the heat by playing in the water, stunning beachgoers who watched in shock.
As temperatures soared to 90 on Sunday, the bears made the most of their natural surroundings, with the three cubs wrestling in the water before the mother bear joined them.
Beachgoer Jen Watkins managed to film the bears as they frolicked in the water before sunning on the beach.
'We were all a little shocked,' Watkins told KCRA, while adding that the adult bear took off with somebody’s cooler before leaving the beach and scurrying back to the forest.
The reason behind the beach encounter may have been illness, however. An increasing number of bears in the region are suffering from encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain.
The condition makes bears act more 'dog-like', becoming more friendly and fearless when encountering humans.
Since March 2020, at least four bears have been found with the disease in California, according to NBC News.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...Lake-Tahoe-surrounded-stunned-beachgoers.html
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