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Bear's summer plans include napping in your backyard kiddie pool

Better than yours, tbh.
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Laura Vitto
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A Duluth, Minnesota, bear found sweet refuge in a magical backyard oasis otherwise known as a plastic kiddie pool.

Duluth resident Dave Zbaracki snapped a photo of the large black bear napping in his kid's pool on a recent hot summer day, reports the Star Tribune.

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Zbaracki tells the paper that he took a double take when he first saw the large bear resting in the shade.

His large black Newfoundland dog -- safe from danger inside the house --barked and whined while the backyard intruder napped leisurely on the deck.

This isn't Zbaracki's first bear sighting of the week-- he says he saw the animal pawing through his neighbor's trash on Monday.

Sounds like this bear is living his best life.

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Laura Vitto was Mashable's Deputy Culture Editor.

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