Coastal brown bear walking the shoreline

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A young coastal brown bear fishing for Sockeye Salmon. Brown bears along the coast enjoy a rich salmon diet and can grow to enormous...
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A young coastal brown bear fishing for Sockeye Salmon. Brown bears along the coast enjoy a rich salmon diet and can grow to enormous size because of this. Brown bears well over 1000lbs are not uncommon in the fall when they’re at their heaviest.

Brown bear (Grizzly bear, Ursus arctos), Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska.

Ursus arctos. Photo © copyright by Carl Donohue.

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