Grizzly man Mark Abbot Dumas is the only man in the world who can touch a polar bear.
The
fearless animal
trainer even goes for dip in a swimming pool where he and 16-year-old polar bear Agee enjoy a
waterycuddle together.
Back on dry land he wrestles with the 60-stone (800lb) beast in her
enclosure and
bravely lets Agee clamp her huge jaws around his head.
And when the wrestling has tired both the animal
expert and huge Agee out, they both enjoy a nap together.
"I feel pretty
privileged to be able to nap with my head resting on a fully-grown polar bear," said Mark.
"If anyone else tried this they would end up as Agee's dinner, the only people in the whole world she likes are me and my wife," added Mark.
Mark, 60, and wife Dawn, 49, from Abbotsford, British Columbia (BC), Canada, train the polar bear - the world's largest land predator - to star in high-budget TV adverts.
She even appeared in movies like Alaska in 1995 when she was just a few weeks old.
"She loves her work," said Mark. "They are
extremelyintelligent animals."
Amazingly, Agee seems to have favorites between men and women.
"She gets very
jealous of other women talking to Mark," said Dawn.
据英国《每日邮报》29日报道:"灰熊人"马克•阿博特•仲马是世界上唯一一个可以触摸北极熊的人。
这位胆识过人的驯兽师甚至会与十六岁的北极熊亚基一起扎入游泳池,享受湿漉漉的"熊"抱。
上岸后,马克与这只重60吨(800磅)的野兽在围墙里玩摔跤游戏,还让亚基用巨颚夹住他的头。
玩累了,这位动物专家就与庞然大物亚基一起去小憩。
"能够躺在一只成年北极熊的怀里打个盹,我觉得很有优越感。"马克说。
"如果其他人也想尝试一下,那么他就会变成亚基的晚餐。它只认我和我妻子。"他补充道。
来自加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省阿博茨福德的马克今年60岁了,他与49岁的妻子道恩一起训练北极熊--这种世界上体积最庞大的陆地捕食动物--成为高额收入的电视广告的主角。
在1995年的电影《阿拉斯加》中,仅仅几个礼拜大的亚基就在剧中露过脸。
马克说:"亚基热爱自己的这份工作,北极熊的理解力很强。"
奇怪的是,亚基似乎对男女之事也颇有兴趣。
道恩说:"如果有其他女人跟马克说话,亚基就会吃醋。"