ASHEVILLE, N.C. — This kind of fun is worth a bear hug.
Faculty members at a North Carolina school were treated to a teachable moment on the playground Tuesday, as a mother bear showed her cub how to enjoy a playground slide.
The black bears were caught on video frolicking on the playground at Isaac Dickson Elementary School in Asheville, WLOS reported.
“I love how the mama goes down the big slide and quickly runs to the smaller slide, only to bear hug the little one as they make it to the bottom,” Betsie Stockslager Emry said in her Facebook post of the video.
First, the mother bear travels down the large slide, then comes around to the smaller slide and encourages her cub, who slides, front paws in front. The mother bear then gives the cub a hug as the two wrestle playfully on the ground, WLOS reported.
All of the students were safely inside the school at the time, Isaac Dickson officials said on their Facebook page.
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