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# Watch a Family Of Bears Take A Dip At California Beach

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## Emma Ockerman


Aug 4, 2016 1:02 PM UTC

by 

[Emma Ockerman](https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/)


## Emma Ockerman


Aug 4, 2016 1:02 PM UTC

A family of bears took a break from the heat last week [to cool off in the waters of Lake Tahoe](http://time.com/3912675/california-bear-invasion/?iid=sr-link1), while a crowd of beachgoers watched.

A witness to the event captured the three bears on video,[ showing what appears to be a mother bear with two cubs](http://time.com/4061130/french-bulldog-chases-bears/?iid=sr-link2) resting in the water. Two kayakers nearby watched as the bears exited the lake back on to the crowded sandy shore at Pope Beach. They soon retreated to a woody area, but not without stopping at a picnic table first to sniff around, [as seen in another video uploaded by the same user](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%5FZFc6S-MJkE).

The cellphone video,[ shared by NBC affiliate KCRA on its Facebook page Tuesday](https://www.facebook.com/KCRA3/videos/10154402580821514/), has more than 8 million views. There are 250 to 300 wild black bears living in the [Lake Tahoe region, the station reports](http://www.kcra.com/news/California-drought-increases-bear-encounters-with-humans/41041576).

Because of the [ongoing California drought](http://time.com/3849320/california-drought-wildfires/?iid=sr-link1), the streams that bears usually frequent have dried up, Jason Holley, a supervising wildlife biologist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, told KCRA.

“They’ll really rely on the lake more heavily during times of drought,” Holley said.

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