Bears always have been and always will be totally awesome, and we have the pictures to prove it.
Here's why:
They'll take your photo
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Photographer Bert Hardy's son, Mike Hardy, being photographed by Ming the panda at London Zoo in 1939.
They'll ride bumper cars with you
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Two dodgem car passengers are surprised to see Susie the circus bear bumping into them at the fun fair attached to Bertram Mills Circus in Olympia, London.
They'll go skinny dipping with you
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All right, let's get this party started. (circa 1940)
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They help the environment
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Let's see what we've got here. Any salmon?
They're super classy
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Two sophisticated brown bears riding on a bicycle and side car in 1928.
They'll teach you how to ice-skate
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Most premium ice-skating bear in all of Russia... A Russian skater being pulled along by a bear on a frozen river around 1925.
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They drink together
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Three black bears sit in a circle and drink from glass bottles, Indian Head, New Hampshire, early 20th Century.
They'll drink with you
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Bear chugging something good in Paris, 1930.
They've just got personality
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Trained bear named Rosie rehearsing for a radio program
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They're just so glamorous
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