New Video Surfaces of That Huge Grizzly Family in Yellowstone

It looks like there's one family that's been able to "bear" one another in Yellowstone National Park this summer.

While many families' nerves can be frayed trying to navigate the crowds, this mama grizzly with five cubs in tow has been able to avoid the crowds for most of the season.

But now, another new video has surfaced showing this rare group is still having fun in the park.

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A "herd" of grizzlies

Earlier this summer, West Yellowstone resident and photographer Carolyn Golba managed to capture the sow grizzly, and five cubs in the Lamar Valley, catching everyone by surprise with the rare sighting.

Later, YouTuber Stan Mills managed to get a video of the family along the trail at Specimen Ridge, with the cubs loping along behind the sow.

Andrea Baratte, who is also another Yellowstone tour guide had also shared a clip of the cubs and their mama.

Now, another video

Recently, wildlife guide Bo Weldon caught another view of the grizzly family crossing a log and charged the clip on Instagram. He writes that he had been "sitting on the video for a while", but that the sighting was a "highlight moment" of his guiding career." And you can hear the excitement of his guests in the video.

First time ever?

Biologists with the park, and the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee, have been watching the group closely this summer. They haven't been sure whether the sow actually gave birth to the entire "litter", because that would be quite unusual. Grizzlies are frequently known to have two, or even three cubs. But this may be the first time there's been a family of five, at least in modern times. There's been some speculation she might have "adopted" additional cubs, but biologists say without a DNA test there's no way to know for sure.