A coastal Black Bear feeding on a Chum Salmon freshly caught from the river, Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska

A coastal Black Bear feeding on a Chum Salmon freshly caught from the river, Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tim Plowden / Alamy Stock Photo

Image ID:

H99HPN

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39.4 MB (2.9 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

4545 x 3030 px | 38.5 x 25.7 cm | 15.2 x 10.1 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

11 September 2014

Location:

Tongass National Forest, Alaska, USA

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Each year millions of Pacific salmon return to their natal rivers of Alaska to spawn. Each year hundreds of Alaskan black bears feast on the returning salmon. The oceanic nutrients the salmon provide helps to fatten up the bears.