I dare say, bears are some of the most majestic animals out there, right among foxes, wolves, and unicorns. If lions are considered kings of the jungle, bears have to be kings of the forests.

But when they’re not busy looking for food or sleeping, they’re definitely dedicating some time to derp around, whether alone or with other fellow bears.

Bored Panda has rifled through the internet to find the most adorable, hilarious or just random pictures of bears taking a break from nature and doing whatever it is that they are doing in those pictures.

You’ll find these pictures in the curated list below, and while you’re down there, why not vote and comment on the ones you enjoyed the most, read up on bears, and share your thoughts in the comment section!

#1 Check Out This Guy Just Chilling By A Lake With A Rainbow Contemplating Life

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#2 Bear Was Relaxing On Thrown Away Chair In A Very Human Position. He Had One Leg Casually Crossed Over The Other And Was Resting One Arm On The Armrest

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#3 Momma Bear Checking For The Traffic Before Letting Her Cubs Cross The Road

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So, according to National Geographic, there are 8 species of bears, including brown, black, polar bears, and giant pandas and, fun fact, excluding koalas as they are not actually bears, but marsupials. The more you know!

Anywho, depending on things like age, species and whatnot, bears can weigh anywhere between 60 and 1,000 pounds (27 to 450 kilograms), and can live up to 25 years in the wild, or 50 years in captivity.

#4 So We Got Married At The Zoo, And This Bear Had An Interesting First Look Reaction

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#5 Little Bear Baby

#6 Bear Grills

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#7 I’m Volunteering In A Bear Refuge In Croatia And I Thought Like Sharing This Photo Of A Chillaxing Lad With You Guys

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Pop culture has made it look like bears love honey. Well, they do, but each species prefers its own diet. Besides, a polar bear is probably not as likely to find honey as some other bears would, hence they prefer seals. Regardless, bears are considered omnivores and will eat practically anything they can get their hands on.

Pop culture has also made it look like bears are vicious marauders that would kill for some human flesh—as seen on some magazine covers. Contrary to popular belief, they don’t actually draw back their lips in anger like some other animals do.

#8 Bears In Trees? Bears In Threes? Bears In Trees

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#9 Even Bears Need To Relax Sometimes

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#10 Friends On The Other Side Of The Tank

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#11 A Massive Brown Bear With Her Cub

#12 Absolute Unit Kodiak Bear

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Bear.ORG explains that hunters, researchers, and rural homeowners who have actually met their fair share of bears say otherwise. Bears will more often than not run away and climb up a tree where it’s safe rather than show aggression, and if a bear is seriously uneasy with someone, they’ll actually make their muzzle long and narrow.

But don’t assume a bear won’t attack. They can still do that if it feels like their food, cubs, or space are being threatened, or if a bear is very hungry, and you’re an easy solution to this need. So be cautious!

#13 Bear And Chipmunk Sharing Breakfast

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#14 Bear Enjoying The View And Contemplating Life

#15 Just Some Black Bears Eating Some Apples In The Woods

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#16 I Had This Strange Feeling I Was Being Watched

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#17 Someone’s Had A Beary Rough Day

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Unfortunately, like many other species of animals, bears are also in danger. The biggest threats here are loss of habitat (though logging, agriculture, and growing human populations), and some species, like the sun bear, also face poaching and illegal wildlife trade.

This is all besides climate change, which greatly affects polar bears. It is said that there are around 22,000 to 31,000 polar bears left on the planet, making them a vulnerable species.

#18 Bears Use Crosswalks Of Course

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#19 Oh, Herro Hooman, It’s Just Me, Bear

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#20 Friend’s Mom Nearly Had A Heart Attack When She Looked Out The Back Window This Morning

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#21 What They Got Going On Over There ?

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#22 You Wouldn’t Stop Me If I Was A Polar Bear

Have some stories about bears? Why not share them with us in the comment section below!

#23 This Bear Started Begging For My French Fries At The Zoo

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#24 Excuse Me Sir, Do You Have A Moment To Talk About Our Lord And Savior Jesus Christ? 

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#25 Beagull

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#26 Sad Bear Popped A Hole In My Friend’s Pool

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#27 Bear Bath

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#28 From A Friend Of A Friends Kitchen Window This Morning In NY

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#29 He Could Bear-Ly Swim

#30 Paws To Paws

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#31 This Bear Chilling In A Tree, Picture Taken Today By Myself

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#32 A Traveller Sought Entry For Essential Reasons, But Had No Travel Documents

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#33 Giving Mama A Kiss

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#34 Our Cookout In Gatlinburg, TN Was Interrupted By A Bear Who Sat Just Like A Human At The Picnic Table While He Finished Off Our Food

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#35 Brown Bear Chillin’ At Berlin Zoo

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#36 I’ve Come To Believe This Is How A 40 Year Old Man Sits In The Bathtub, Defeated, And Hoping He Can Get A Few Peaceful Minutes Away From His Children

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#37 Black Bears Are Very Good At Getting To Food Left By Humans

#38 It’s My Picnic Basket Now

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#39 Born And Raised In Flavortown

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#40 Enjoying The Show

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#41 Playing On The Trampoline

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#42 Bears Having Fun

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#43 Two Bears In A Serious Meeting

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#44 Scientific Proof That Bears Grow On Trees

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#45 Bear Chillin’. One Of My Fave Pics I’ve Gotten

We live close to the zoo and a back trail has access to the bear enclosure at the back – outside of the zoo. This dude likes to hang out on the tree higher than the fences.

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#46 Round Bear

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#47 This Couple Adopted Stepan When He Was A 3-Month-Old Orphaned Cub

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#48 Just Chilling On A Stump

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#49 Glasses

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#50 Patron Says Hello

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#51 Absolutely No PPE In Sight

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#52 I Found Confession Bear At The Zoo Today

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#53 Caught The Homie On Break At The Zoo

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#54 Contemplating The Meaning Of Life

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#55 Black Bear Cub Working On Her Pole Dancing Routine

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#56 One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure

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#57 Preparing For Christmas

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#58 Sleeping Bear

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#59 Not My Best Picture But How About A Bear Sitting Like A Human

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#60 Mmm. Let’s See How My Stocks Are Doing Today

#61 Smug Mug

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#62 American Black Bear Cub Surprised Me While We Were Hanging Out On The Deck. Gatlinburg, Tn

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#63 Little Bear

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#64 Chilling Out! Could Be A Coca Cola Picture

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#65 Waiting For His Uber

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#66 Just Like We Did In Elementary School

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#67 Sitting In A Boat

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#68 Funny Bear

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#69 Well-Fed Bear From Katmai

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#70 Thinking

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#71 Chill Bear Is Chillin

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#72 Hello, I’m Mr. Bear, And Welcome To My Talk Show

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#73 Just Taking A Stroll Down The Sidewalk

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#74 Sleeping

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#75 Bears

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#76 Just A Bear Eating His Lunch That Is All

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#77 I’ve Waited So Long To Get That Perfect Grizzly Bear Photo. Took The Expensive Tour And Everything

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#78 Mary Is Giving A Warm Welcome To Noy, A New Rescued Sun Bear At Free The Bears Sanctuary

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#79 Two Cuties At The Columbus Zoo

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#80 Shot Of The (Yester)day

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#81 A Black Bear Sow Stands Up For A Better View Before Heading Into The Woods

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#82 Sunny The Bear Still Chillaxing In His Tree In The New Decade

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#83 They’re Having A Hard Time Getting To Sleep (Bing Image From Yesterday)

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#84 Why So Sad?

Is it because the Pebble Partnership wants to put a road through the best bear habitat in the world? Or perhaps their plan to decimate the last great salmon run on earth? The best available science says that Bristol Bay is not a place to be tinkered with. These bears range far and wide to utilize different seasonal food sources and a mine and industrial complex just doesn’t fit in this part of the world. This is the wrong mine in the wrong place.

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#85 Lazy Morning Bears

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#86 Bear Paws

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#87 He Prefers To Walk On His Own Two Feet

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#88 Bear Holding Bear Stuffie

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#89 2 Bear Cubs Checking Out The Fresh Snowfall Just Outside Of Thunder Bay

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#90 Scientific Proof That Bears Grow On Trees

#91 She Is My Spirit Animal. Internal Screaming

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#92 Comfortable

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#93 Just Contemplating

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#94 Hello World, I’m Bear

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#95 Smiling Bear

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#96 Hi Neighbor

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#97 Russian A&P

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#98 Dumpster Diving

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#99 Lounging Around

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#100 Three Bear Cubs Playing In The Woods

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#101 Blursed Birthday Boy

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#102 Smiling Bear

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#103 Black Bear Having A Nice Scratch On A Tree In My Front Yard

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#104 I’m Having Trouble With This. Is It A Bear Or A Dog?

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#105 Eastern North Carolina Black Bear In A Soy Bean Field

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#106 A Few Magic Moments With An Amazing Family Of 3 Second Summer Cubs That I Spent Time With Last Summer

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#107 Kiss Me

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#108 Polar Bear

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#109 Have A Drink

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#110 Bear Looks Sarcastic

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#111 Chill

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#112 Scratching Bear

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#113 U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service Southeast Region

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#114 Dillan Is Less Than Thrilled With His New Diet

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#115 Bear Tongue

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#116 Showing Tongue

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#117 Sun Bear

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#118 Bear Nap

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#119 Bear Tongue

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#120 Grizzly Bear

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#121 Bear Dance

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#122 This Bear Trying To Hide Behind A Tree Trunk

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#123 Smokey The Bear

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