Mother bear rescues cub from B.C. highway

A video on the online edition of Britain's Telegraphnewspaper shows amazingfootage of a mother black bear pulling her young cub from a B.C. highway to safety.

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The videofeatured in the Telegraph'sWeird News Video sectionhassince been posted on YouTube and is generating online buzz.

The Telegraph's articlesays tornado hunter Ricky Forbes was driving through Kootenay National Park when he spotted a black bear cub sitting dangerously close to the highway.

According to the Telegraph, Forbes stoppedto film the cub, whensuddenly the mother poppedup from behind the concrete barrier at the side of the road and hauledthe cub to safety.

In the video, the mother bear looks both ways at the traffic before gently liftingthe cub with her jaws, all while asecond cub watches from thetop of the barrier before the bearsdisappearinto the forest.

"It was a very amazing sight to see," the Telegraph quotes Forbes as saying.

MAP:KootenayNational Park