The video has been shared on Facebook, where people commented on how amazing the friendship between the An amazing video of a man hugging a giant bear shows the incredible moment the bear allows him to cuddle up and scratch its back.
It shows a man called Jim playing with a huge bear - called Jimbo - outside in his pen at a rescue centre in New York.
The furry bear, weighing in at 107.14 stone and measuring nine-and-a-half feet tall, towered over him as they played in this adorable video.
Jim sits down on a log as Jimbo puts his arm around him and playfully licks and gnaws at his hand.two is The animal towers over the man, who is already big himself, until it almost squashes him.
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But Jim doesn't seem to mind as he laughs and cuddles up to the beautiful brown bear - who then begins to lick his head.It also shows as Jim goes behind the gentle giant to give him a back massage, rubbing his shoulders and scratching his back.The video was posted on Facebook by the Orphaned Wildlife Centre , a non-profit organisation that helps to look after orphaned animals.
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A post on the Facebook page tells how Jimbo was brought to the centre as a cub, and is now 21 years old.Because he was born into captivity he has no skills to look after himself and so can't be released back into the wild.
