Nate Zeman was photographing a red fox searching for claims in Alaska . A large brown bear emerged from a forest and made a beeline for the fox . The animal had been spotted by hunters earlier that day, but it didn't seem to be hungry or aggressive enough to attack. Neither animal was at full speed and fox ran in circles to evade the bear . After a short time fox went back to its search and 500lb bear slunk off .
Nate Zeman was photographing a red fox searching for claims in Alaska . A large brown bear emerged from a forest and made a beeline for the fox . The two appeared to be locked in a stand-off but played a game of chase . Neither animal was at full speed and fox ran in circles to evade the bear . After a short time fox went back to its search and 500lb bear slunk off .