See Bear and Cubs Take a Summer Swim After Breaking Into a Private Swimming Pool

Animals are known to be able to survive in much harsher environmental conditions than humans can. Even with that, we must consider that even wild animals need to cool down from time to time. Or warm up when temperatures get too cold. 

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Just last month, in July of 2023, Arcadia, California, had some of the hottest weather around. In the YouTube video description, the posters shared that they were having a heat wave on the particular day this video was filmed. 

The video posted above shows a mama bear and her two cubs that have caught sight of a California home that happens to have a pool in their backyard. This mama bear knows that she and her cubs need to cool down with this heat wave coming through, and this pool is the perfect opportunity to do that.

This bear simply leads the way for her young cubs. She steps down over the short wall and walks around the pool, looking for the perfect place to enter. Behind the glass doors, we see someone filming this whole interaction. How neat that not only did this family get to see it on video but also got to witness it firsthand!

Without further waiting, this mama steps down into this pool as if it were nothing at all. The curious cubs soon follow suit. One cub immediately dives in and starts swimming around. He is enjoying this cooling off. The other cub, however, is a bit more cautious and refuses to enter. After a few minutes of watching, the cautious club finally gets inside. This cub is a bit more cautious and isn’t swimming around like the other cub is. 

Not long at all, this cub gets out. It is more interested in seeing what’s going on by the glass door. The other cub gets out of the water and joins his sibling by the door, where there are plenty of shoes for them to bite and mess around with. After they are finished playing, and the mama bear is done cooling off, they simply walk out of the yard. They are finished for the day. 

How Bears Survive in Heat?

Bears of the family Ursidae are amazing mammals that can be found all over the world. They can be found in places such as Asia, Central America, Eurasia, Europe, North America, and South America. 

In many places, the heat can become simply unbearable. The Bear Wise organization shares the following about bears.

“Bears don’t have sweat glands, and their insulating fur is designed to keep them warm, not cool. But bears have several physiological, adaptive, and behavioral mechanisms to help them stay cool when the heat is on.”

They then proceed to discuss that bears will cool off in a variety of bodies of water. Or even in people’s pools, like the video we saw below!