Bear Cools Off in Culvert Pipe on Hot California Day

A wildlife photographer caught a bear enjoying a moment of shaded relaxation inside a pipe on a hot day in South Lake Tahoe, California.

This footage was posted to Instagram on June 3 by Toogee Sielsch, who said that bears were known to rest in pipes as they can be “cool, shaded, and quiet!”

Sielsch often films local wildlife, particularly South Lake Tahoe