Young polar bear plays fetch the stick... with himself

Normally a powerful, haughty predator, this polar bear shows his playful side in a set of stunning images.
Seemingly undeterred by his lack of a playmate, the young bear tossed the stick up and down and at one point even appeared to wave at the camera as he frolicked on ice close to Fairbanks, Alaska.
The teenage male was captured by Photographer Steven John Kazlowski, who has been photographing polar bears in the region for the past 11 years.

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