How does she expect us to do THAT? Bearcubs look terrified as they watch their mother show them how to fish.

These adorable cubs can't bear to look away as their mother plunges into a lake to catch their lunch.

The cubs stood on their hind legs andwatched in wonder as their dad used his claws to scoop up salmon from the Kuril Lake in Russia.

Photographer Sergey Ivanov, 53, approached the bears by boat and captured the cubs anxious wait to see what their mother could catch.

'They spend the whole day fishing and Ijust watch so the bears get used to my presence and do not really pay any attention to me - I try to not impede them in any way.

'The reactions of the cubs were incredible - the bears displayed so much emotion.'

The photographer first visited the lake in the mid-90s and has been returning ever since in a bid to snap the bears inaction.

Mr Sergey said: 'I saw bears there for the first time in 1995 and even 20 years on they are still my favourite object for photoshooting.'