Profile of a large, dominant Brown bear standing along Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Southwest Alaska

Brown bear adult fishes for salmon by getting his face close to the white water and simply snapping up salmon that get too close, Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Southwest Alaska

Brown bears in the Jacuzzi at Brooks falls are trusting the confusion of this rolling water to help them catch salmon, Katmai National Park, Southwest Alaska

A scarred brown bear stands to scratch his back alongside Brooks River, Southwest Alaska, summer

Two year old triplet cubs wait while their mother fishes for salmon in Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Southwest Alaska

Brown bears (Ursus arctos) fishing for sockeye salmon at Brooks Falls, Brooks River, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Southwest Alaska

Grizzly bear (ursus arctos) standing on it's hind legs to get a view above the weeds near the Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Southwest Alaska; Alaska, United States of America

Brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Brooks River above Brooks Falls carrying a Sockeye salmon, Katmai Nationial Park and Preserve, Southwest Alaska

Four Brown bears (Ursus arctos) wade in Brooks River while fishing for Sockeye salmon, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Southwest Alaska

Man compares his hand to the footprint of a Brown Bear near Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Southwest Alaska