Yet the brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve — who are livestreamed on the explore.org webcams over the summer — are fattening up well before their looming winter hibernation. The reason why is an extraordinary 2020 sockeye salmon run, which will soon eclipse the record for fish swimming up the major waterway (the Naknek River) that ultimately leads to Katmai’s famous Brooks River, where the bears feast. Reliable observations go back to 1963.
https://mashable.com/article/bear-cam-bears-fat-summer/
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Why the fat bears are already getting so fat
July 16, 2020
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Edgar Willis
Yet the brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve — who are livestreamed on the explore.org webcams over the summer — are fattening up well before their looming winter hibernation. The reason why is an extraordinary 2020 sockeye salmon run, which will soon eclipse the record for fish swimming up the major waterway (the Naknek River) that ultimately leads to Katmai’s famous Brooks River, where the bears feast. Reliable observations go back to 1963.
https://mashable.com/article/bear-cam-bears-fat-summer/
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