# @nationalparkservice on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYM4uPvjRU
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21023380-nationalparkservice-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ebe0b94367.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-08-17T22:55:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice

## Caption

Bears with salmon are just bears without salmon, with salmon. 🤔

Deep. Katmai’s Brooks Falls is one of the best places in the world to watch brown bears because it is one of the first streams in the region where energetic and pre-spawned salmon are available to bears. Early in the salmon run, Brooks Falls creates a temporary barrier to migrating salmon. This results in a particularly successful fishing spot for bears. 

How many fish can a bear catch and eat?

A lot! Bear with us. On days when many salmon are migrating in the river, a large and dominant male bear will sometimes catch and eat more than 30 fish per day. Smaller bears that cannot compete for the best fishing spots, or bears that are less skilled at fishing (they have other interests…that’s ok.), may catch and eat considerably less fish.

Image: Close up caught with zoom lens of a bear holding onto salmon just caught in river. 

#fishtale #foodiepics #salmonrecipes #natureupclose

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| National Park Service | @nationalparkservice | https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice | Government Organization |

## Tags

salmonrecipes, fishtale, foodiepics, natureupclose

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