Icy water flies as a Brown bear (Ursus arctos) fishes for salmon in Kuril Lake and the salmon leaps in the air, Kurilskoye Lake Preserve

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A brown bear fishing for salmon in Kuril Lake. Bears need to eat about 40 fish a day to put on weight to make it through the winter. Brown bears in Kamchatka can be 7 to 9 feet in length and weigh 700-800 pounds. Species: U. arctic Genus:Ursus Kamchatka has the highest density of grizzly bears in the world, with almost 15,000 on the Russian peninsula.

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Size: 5268px × 3457px
Location: Kamchatka, Russia
Photo credit: © Randy Olson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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