Lakshmi Sharath and her three bears

This is no fairy tale, but the setting definitely is like one . I was staying at the Sloth Bear Resort in Hampi-Kamalapur run by Jungle Lodges and Resorts last weekend. And I spent three hours in Daroji,Wildlife Sanctuary watching the bears fight each other while a  mother protects her cub . Here are three bears out of the eight that we saw at very close quarters