Spirit bear captured on camera

A wildlife photographer has described how he came face to face with a kermode, or spirit bear, an animal so rare it was once thought to be mythical.

Steve Kozlowski found himself was confronted by one of the blond bears while travelling along Canada's wild Pacific coast.
The spirit bear is an off-shoot of the American black bear population that lives in the lush coastal forests of British Columbia and is revered by native tribes.

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