Friday, October 2, 2020

Where The Bears Are

A commenter at the Financial Times' premier online property, FT Alphaville, mentioned Fat Bear Week and I wanted to know more.
So, with no further ado, here is one of the cameras pointed at Brooks River in Katmai National Park.
note, these are live cams so you may want to click through to the site for different views:



And here is why the bears gather:



Fat salmon, fat bears.
If the bears have moved out of range of the top camera there are five more:


Really, really fat bears, up to 1400 pounds (635 kg)*
Do click through.

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