A behavioral portrait of a hunting Alaska brown bear, or grizzly, standing upright in the water with a background of yellow and green sedge grasses.

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This grizzly bear would stand in the Alaska stream scanning for other bears and spawning salmon, waiting to charge after its next meal, or defend its territory.

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Size: 5100px × 3400px
Location: Katmai Peninsula
Photo credit: © Richard Codington / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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