Friday, May 14, 2010

Russian brown bear


3 comments:

RuralSandi said...

He looks like the orginal Teddy Bear - was the Teddy Bear modelled after the Russian bear?

James C Morton said...

Actually no; the original was modelled on a bear cub from California -- a cub Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot on a hunting trip...

RuralSandi said...

Thanks, I knew it had to do with Teddy Roosevelt (hence the name Teddy Bear).

It's a beautiful shot.