This grizzly bear cub sitting in the middle of the river trying to stay dry looks rather forlorn. But it is not looking for its mother she is about two meters (yards) the other direction. We are in a grizzly bear viewing platform overlooking the entrance to a spawning channel and a guest bumped a bench which made a “non nature sound” and got us the “look”.
The other side of the viewing stands from yesterday’s posting shows a grizzly bear enjoying a meal. The time of the spawning season determines how much of the salmon the bears eat. When the salmon first arrive and the bears are the hungriest they eat the complete salmon and the same occurs at the end of the season when they want to get as fat as possible. In between these times grizzly bears are selective in their eating habits often catching only female salmon for their eggs. Also only eating the skin with its layer of fat, which is desirable, as is the brain. This bear is about 20 meters (60 ft.) from the viewing stands and has one interest and that is food.
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