‘Who Is She?’: Colorado Bear Knows Its Angles, Takes Hundreds of Selfies
A beautiful and camera-loving bear found a wildlife research camera and took 400 absolutely perfect selfies.
Not So Deep Thoughts

What’s empowering about selfies is they allow the subject control over their own perception. So, with tears in my eyes, I’m ecstatic to share the news that this mode of self-actualization has been adopted by the Animal Kingdom. A bear in Boulder, Colorado somehow snapped 400 selfies of itself—something I’ve been guilty of while waiting for my Uber—and they’re the loveliest and most tender snapshots I’ve ever seen.
In August, Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) set up nine cameras to unobtrusively observe wildlife across the Boulder area. Their website explains that the cameras are activated when wildlife crosses in front of them and can take both still photographs and video. When reviewing the collected footage, OSMP quickly noticed that not only did they capture 400 (out of 580 total) photos of a single bear—they had a star on their hands.