Russian family has a bear for a pet

Stepan is a 23-year-old bear that lives in the household of Svetlana and Yuriy Panteleenko, from Russia.

At more than 7ft tall, Stepan is so domesticated that the family have been known to sit down in the evenings to watch the television together and he even steps in to help with household chores by watering the plants.

While Stepan gets through more than a bowl of porridge a day – he chows down on 25kg of fish, vegetables and eggs – his favourite dish is a can of condensed milk thanks to a sweet tooth.

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