These brave models show no fear as they pose with bears, tigers and wolves, in scenes straight from the pages of a fairy tale

The enchanting snaps show the female models cuddling up to the deadly animals and even taking naps with the often-unpredictable creatures.

In true storybook style the images were taken deep in a forest just outside Moscow and were shot by photographer, Olga Barantseva. The bear, Stepan, is a 50-stone grizzly bear was adopted by a Russian couple when he was just three months old. He is so tame that he watches television with his adoptive parents and often poses for Olga during photoshoots.

Yulia with a tiger (Photo: Profimedia)
Polina with a bear (Photo: Profimedia)
Ira with a wolf and a fox (Photo: Profimedia)
Yulia with an owl (Photo: Profimedia)
Victoriya with wolves (Photo: Profimedia)
Irina with wolves and an owl (Photo: Profimedia)
Sasha with a bear (Photo: Profimedia)
Nastya with a camel (Photo: Profimedia)
Ayza with a bear (Photo: Profimedia)
Alena with wolves (Photo: Profimedia)
Nastya with owls (Photo: Profimedia)
Anastasiya with a crocodile (Photo: Profimedia)
Mariya with a bear (Photo: Profimedia)
Kseniya with a bear (Photo: Profimedia)
Marina with a bear (Photo: Profimedia)

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