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Salmon Swipe, Katmai national park, Alaska. A female grizzly bear fishes for salmon in a pool below rapids. The salmon gather before attempting to leap the rapids and continue upstream to spawn. In late summer, most of the grizzlies in southern Alaska congregate along the rivers to feast on the salmon returning from the Pacific to their natal streams. This female was experienced at fishing, using different techniques, depending on the depth of the water. Here she is swimming above a shoal of chum salmon, trying to scoop them out with her massive paws. (Photo by Paul Souders/Unforgettable Behaviour/NHM)
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