This big "softie" has been living with a Russian family for over 23 years now.

Svetlana and Yuriy Panteleenko adopted Stepan the bear when he was only 3 months old.

They assure that he is totally domesticated.

They share meals together at the table and he likes to watch TV with them while cuddling on the couch.

He eats an impressive 55 pounds of fish, vegetables and eggs a day but plays football to work off the gut-busting amount of food he's served daily.

Svetlana said: "He absolutely loves people and is a really sociable bear - despite what people might think, he is not aggressive at all. We have never been bitten by Stepan."

Which is great to hear, but I doubt that can last forever...