Two nine foot-tall polar bears raise their giant paws, bite and wrestle in the snow on a beautiful winter's day by Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada, in brilliant new photographs by Joyce Ferder. The image is a common one at this time of year says Ferder, who worked in TV news before becoming a full-time landscape and wildlife photographer. 'There is nothing for the bears to do but wait for the ice (to form) so they play by sparring to be ready for when they will have to fight each other for the right to mate with a female next year,' Ferder says. 'Imagine Greco-Roman wrestling but with polar bears, it is exactly like that.
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Photographer Joyce Ferder took images near Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada
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The two polar bears were 'practice sparring' bathed in perfect sunshine
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Ferder said it was like the pair were Greco-Roman wrestling before they walked off together
The moisture flying from the nine foot-tall bears catches the sun on a perfect winter's day in @placeholder