When Mark Dumas was asked to find a polar bear to photograph, he heard about Agee. The female polar bear cub was the eleventh cub born to a mother. There was no way the mama bear could effectively care for the baby girl. He trains animals for films but never expected that he would fall in love with Agee the way that he did. Mark decided to step up to the plate and hand-raise Agee on his own. Now, 18 years later, Agee began to see Mark as a mother, father, and companion. Her love for the man who raised her is unshakeable. His wife, Dawn, even says Agee gets jealous.
If anyone but Dawn takes Mark's attention away from Agee, she will get a little sassy and needy! What's perhaps most endearing about their relationship is the sound Agee makes. The polar bear purrs the way a cat would, except much louder. The humming sound sounds more like the motor of car or a helicopter flying over, but it's Agee's way of letting everyone know she is calm now that she is nuzzling with Dad.
Mark and Agee swim together, play together, and live together. Although he knows that polar bears have a reputation for being dangerous, he has never felt like he was in danger with his little girl.
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