What the Aesthetic Tastes of Bears Say About People

Adopting wild Russian cubs and a greater-than-human sensibility

Charlie Russell with a young bear, Kamchatka, Russia (photo by Gay Bradshaw)

I don’t know if you’ve ever seen what floored me immediately; pictures of bears sitting down enjoying natural scenery such as vistas and sunsets. They struck me as being a lot like hikers and photographers, spending great effort just to get to sit and stare out at a…