ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A mama bear and her five cubs decided to beat the heat in a New Jersey backyard pool. <br />Tim Basso posted a video online showing the bears climbing into his family's above-ground pool, tumbling out of it, dragging around pool toys and climbing on a slide and swing set. <br />Basso tells News 12 New Jersey his 3- and 5-year-old daughters weren't eager to share their toys. One of the girls can be heard on the video crying out "No!" as a cub grabs an inflatable toy. <br />The family watched the bears from inside the safety of their Rockaway Township home. <br />Basso says he thought the bears would stop only briefly for a drink but ended up frolicking for nearly an hour. Given temperatures of over 25 C in the state and high humidity last week, it's no surprise the bears wanted to take a swim, slip down a waterslide and maybe take an impromptu bath. They picked the scenic Rockaway Township for their vacation, although their spot of choice was Tim Basso's backyard <br />At one point a bear picks up the young girl's inflatableTOY <br /> <br /> in its mouth. The girl yells, "No! My floatie!" as the bears toss most of the toys out of the pool. <br />They proceed to pop several inflatable objects in the yard, in between playing with swing set. The girl worries aloud that they're going to eat her toy "bubble guppie car." <br />At one point, the girl screams as the mother bear drags a pool pump into the water along with it's ELECTRICAL wiring. The bears appear not to have been injured. <br />Eventually, the bears climb back over the fence and disappear, leaving behind the wreckage of a sweet pool party and a brown haze in the pool.
