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He recorded the bear leaning against the pine, then recklessly moving back and forth, even going as far as to pull the top branch down.\n\n[youtube id=”S_on8St-ick”]\n\n“It was a very well practiced technique that’s for sure,” [Korchinski told CBC News](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bear-scratch-anmore-1.3520020).\n\n“I just thought the neat part was where he reached behind with his paw and grabbed the top of the branch and kind of pulled it over…there was another spot that needed attention,” he said.","format":"markdown","textStyle":"dropcapBodyStyle","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"banner_advertisement","bannerType":"standard","layout":"advertisement-layout"},{"role":"body","text":"But even though it looks like the bear is going to extra lengths to scratch an itch, according to experts, that might not be what the bear’s doing at all.\n\nThere have been many theories as to why bears rub against trees in the past: some thought females would rub trees as they came into oestrus, while others believed bears were giving their backs a good scratch to get rid of parasites or pick up sap that would act as insect repellent.\n\nBut after spending nearly a decade [studying this behaviour](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070909221303.htm), ecologist Dr. Owen Nevin determined that bears rub against trees to mark their turf—at least when it comes to adult males. 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