© 2008 Colin McNulty
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Grizzlies crowd the falls
Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) crowd Brooks Falls in an effort to find an easy meal. They come to feast on the salmon that must jump the falls in order to continue up stream. They bears simply wait be the falls and the fish come to them. While it looks simple, there is actually a complex dynamic social structure where the biggest bears get the best spots. Once the salmon have moved up stream, so too will the bears.