Black Bear Chum Salmon HD 1080p
Alaska, August. The Chum salmon are spawning in a shallow creek. Thousands of them. Chum salmon are second in size only to Chinook (King) salmon. They weigh between 4.4 to 10 kilograms (9.7 to 22 lb.).
The run attracts black bears. In this case a male. Male black bears weigh around 57 to 250 kilograms (126-550 lb.). This one is putting on weight to get ready for fall hibernation and likely weighs close to 200 kilograms (440 lbs.)
So many fish! He can afford to picky about what he eats. On this day he clearly prefers roe.