While western Canada is melting under an historic — and dangerous — heat wave, one black bear and her two cubs found a clever way to keep cool.
Lyle Jeffrey posted a video to Twitter Sunday afternoon of the trio hanging poolside in Coquitlam, B.C. where the mercury rose to 38C.
“Mama bear and her two cubs coming over for a dip in the pool to cool down during the heat wave!” he wrote.
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While one cub fully took the plunge, the mother and other baby bear merely lapped at the water.
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The family quickly clamoured over a fence and left Jeffrey’s yard.
Dangerously hot weather stretched from B.C., across Alberta and to parts of Saskatchewan.
On Sunday, Lytton, B.C. shattered Canada’s all-time heat record reaching 46.6C. The previous record was 45C set in Saskatchewan in 1937.
Environment Canada projects the temperatures to only get hotter through the west throughout this week.