I still wonder... is the bear kissing or tasting  dogthedog?

That force perspective shot actually works out pretty well IMHO. There's a solid 2m (about 6ft) distance between dog and the bear on display but it still looks as if the bear is almost touching him.

Picture taken at the fursuit walk in the Museum of Natural History Vienna on December 14th 2013. As usual with Museums, no flash was allowed so lighting is poor and ISO was high.