# @nationalparkservice on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdrS9vjTDSn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70768372-nationalparkservice-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-24T16:19:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice

## Caption

Current relationship status: Caught dinner for two. Ate both.

Bear: I can buy my own flowers.

Bears are generally solitary creatures, but they’ll happily congregate around a high-quality food source. “Ah. I see you’re also having the salmon.”

Over the last few months, eating has been the number one priority as bears bulk up for the long winter ahead. During the peak of the salmon migration in July and August, bears fished daily along the Brooks River, taking advantage of the falls, where migrating salmon met a temporary obstacle…and the bears met a fishy buffet.

Image: A brown bear standing upright in water dines on a fish by D. Kopshever

#FatBearWeek

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## Credits

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

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