Otters and Science News: RUSSIAN COUPLE ADOPTED AN ORPHAN BEAR AS A BABY AND HE STILL LIVES WITH THEM AS A BELOVED MEMBER OF THE FAMILY

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He really is a big softie! The family who share their lives with a 300lb BEAR (who even sits at the table for dinner)

Svetlana and Yuriy Panteleenko adopted the bear named Stepan when he was aged just three months

Today the big mammal is 23 years old, weighs a whopping 300lb and stands at a height of more than 7ft

Couple say Stepan is so domesticated he cuddles up to them in the evening and watches TV on the sofa

The bear even helps out by watering the flowers

He eats a hefty 25kg of fish, vegetables and eggs a day

But the goofball manages to stay in shape thanks to his love for football.

He also keeps himself busy with acting in films and posing for photoshoots.

Continue reading and see more photos of adorable Stepan with his family

Meet Stepan, a domesticated bear who lives with his humans Svetlana and Yuriy Panteleenko in Moscow, Russia. The Panteleenkos adopted Stepan when he was just a 3-month-old orphaned cub. He was found by hunters in a forest all alone and in a very bad condition, so Svetlana and Yuriy decided to give him a home.

23 years later, Stepan has grown into a loving bear who helps around the house by watering plants and loves watching TV with his humans. “He absolutely loves people and is a really sociable bear – despite what people might think, he is not aggressive at all,” said Mrs Panteleenko. “We have never been bitten by Stepan.”