Otis!!! He is about 27 years young and since the fish were late arriving, so was he. You can watch all the bears fishing at https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls
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"Just before 6 p.m. eastern on July 26 — the very same day 480 Otis emerged from hibernation in 2021 — fans spotted the park’s beloved brown bear on a live camera at Brooks Falls in Alaska.

This year, the grizzly bear seen holding a fresh salmon and trudging through the water was late to his usual hunting spot at Katmai National Park. It’s not that Otis hit snooze on his alarm — you can blame climate change.

“The last time he showed up this late, salmon were also late, and the salmon were late this year as well,” said Candice Rusch, a spokesperson with Explore.org, the site that runs the 24/7 live cameras at Katmai National Park. “What we’ve been seeing in Alaska is that the salmon run has been trending later into July, which means for bears like Otis waiting longer to eat that salmon.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/07/29/otis-alaska-bear-salmon-climate-change/

I never, ever want to run into one of these guys out walking or hiking! Beautiful Kodiak brown bear.
Photo by Fred O'Hearn
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The is JB. JB lives at Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. JB knows how to sit, chill and breathe. I want to be more like JB and you should too!
Photo courtesy of AWCC
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Beautiful photo of a brown bear momma and her cub looking at each other somewhere in the woods of Alaska.
Photo by Michelle Hanson
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The salmon must be running at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, #Alaska So many bears and they be hungry! On my bucket list to go here.
Photo by Lee Wilkins
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Super cuteness overload alert!! Coastal brown bear that lives at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center is extremely adorable while playing with a piece of a log today. 💗
Photo by Lacee Johnson
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Photographer Michelle Hanson says she thinks the location of Yogi and Boo-Boo is up a tree somewhere in #Alaska
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Today, in Prudhoe Bay, #Alaska, a brown bear needed a better view so he climbed on top of a really expensive truck.
Photo by Herman Kudralook
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JB overlooking the kingdom that is Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center this morning.
Photo by Nicole Geils
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Lacee Johnson of Bluemoosephotography89 visited Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center today and took this photo of two gorgeous brown bears snuggling in the snow.
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Hugo is having a blast in the snow at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center! 💗 🐻
Photo by Heidi HO Hanson
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So, today is World Bear Day and photographer Michelle Hanson took these photos of bears in various places around Alaska.
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A Kodiak bear taking a stroll by the water.
Photo by Fred O'Hearn
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These two seem to be playing and having fun in Kodiak, #Alaska
Photo by Fred O'Hearn
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Preparing to make a snow angel?? Beary cute!
Photo by Doug Lindstrand
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Kobuk lives at the #AlaskaWildlifeConservationCenter and loves to climb trees. He was rescued as an orphan in 2016 and has been living at AWCC since. He is an Alaskan black bear. 💗
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