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Information about brown bears
The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is an omnivorous mammal of the family Ursidae. It’s populations live across much of northern Eurasia and North America. Variable in size, this species weighs between 220-1,500lbs (100-680kg). Because of this range, the largest subspecies, the Kodiak bear, is as big as the polar bear.
Photographers often shoot of brown bears on the Alaskan peninsula, at the Katmai National Park and McNeil River. Katmai contains the world’s largest protected brown bear population. This is estimated to number in excess of 2,000. Bears are especially likely to congregate at the Brooks Falls viewing platform when the salmon are spawning.
Meanwhile, coastal areas of the park, such as Hallo Bay, Kukak Bay and Chiniak, host the highest population densities year-round. This is due to the availability of clams and edible coastal sedge as well as salmon and other fish.
The vast majority of Katmai visitors come to Brooks Camp, one of the only developed areas of the park. Rangers at the park are extremely careful not to allow bears to obtain human food or get into confrontations with humans. As a result, bears in Katmai National Park are uniquely unafraid of and uninterested in humans, and will allow people to approach and photograph them much more closely than bears elsewhere.
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Brooks Falls Brown Bear 1
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Brooks Falls Brown Bear 2
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Brooks Falls Brown Bear Catch 1
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Brooks Falls Brown Bear Patience
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Khutzeymateen Brown Bear
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Khutzeymateen Brown Bear Tracks
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Khutzeymateen Brown Bear Walking
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Kinak Brown Bear 1
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Kinak Brown Bear 2
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Kinak Brown Bear 3
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Kinak Brown Bear 4
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Kukak Brown Bear 1
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Kukak Brown Bear 7
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Kukak Brown Bear 9
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Kuliak Brown Bear 1
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Kuliak Brown Bear 2
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Kuliak Brown Bear 3
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Kuliak Brown Bear 4
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Kuliak Brown Bear 5
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Kuliak Brown Bear 6
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Kuliak Brown Bear 7
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Kuliak Brown Bear 8
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Lituya Bay Brown Bear
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McNeil River Brown Bear 4
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McNeil River Brown Bear 6
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McNeil River Brown Bear 8
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McNeil River Brown Bear Dive
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McNeil River Brown Bear Lazy
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McNeil River Brown Bear Tongue