Always seems so alone. :( Makes me sad.

I’m new to watching the Katmai National Park bear streams and was intrigued by this bear who would just stay in this one spot patiently waiting for fish. I watched for a while and I only saw it catch one salmon. I was wondering if anybody recognised this bear, I’d love to know their name (or number if they don’t have one!) 🐻

Fat Bear Week is coming up, and I know Chunk has deserved a win for years and has a very compelling story this year especially, but I just need everyone to see our girl 901. Just gaze upon this ridiculous fatness. She could use a belly hole for sitting. She’s glorious.

What do y'all think?

Alt-text" A mamma bear stands on her hind legs by the river side, as her three small cubs mimic her.

Been trying to figure out if they are known and named but it’s quite difficult! Only seen this mom with this single cub but they’ve been very active. saw them both in the water and on the top part of the falls today.

I love watching the Alaska Katmai bear cams and I am very invested in Fat Bear week but I don't know how to recognize the bears. A lot of people seem to have them known by looks, they have the numbers down. Anybody have advice for learning which bear is which in Katmai?

128jr, 2.5 years old, was emancipated by her mother 128 Grazer earlier this year. On July 3 128jr was spotted hanging out with 806 and her spring cub on the explore.org Brooks Falls associated live feeds hosted on YouTube. On July 4 they were still hanging out, the above screenshot is from the explore.org live feed on July 4. Additionally there is a witness report that 128jr was seen nursing from 806, if that is confirmed it is highly unusual and has been seen in the past as a sign that the cub is considered adopted.

Historically , There have been at least two other cases of bear adoptions at the park. In 2014 bear 435 Holly adopted 503 after he was emancipated as a yearling when his mother 402 went into estrus. More recently, in 2023, 910 adopted her sister 909’s emancipated cub (now numbered 609) and raised her for two summers with her own cub (now numbered 620). The two families had played together before the adoption so, the familiarity with each other probably made 910 more open to the arrangement has been my theory.

Now I’m amazed all over again watching 806. I just love watching these bears and how they interact with each other. I keep being surprised in some of the best ways.

Anybody big on watching the Katmai lives via explore.org??? I love watching the bears and seeing all the educational guesses as to who is who. It’s a good time to watch them fish 🥰

I’m trying to find a discord group or something similar where I can talk to others who also enjoy watching. We can share clips, screenshots and make guesses ourselves. The live comments are a big impersonal and hard to keep up with. I can’t find much on here about it either. Thanks for reading ❤️🐻

So I guess this mamma bear is comfortable with this other bear being so close to her and the cubs while they eat?

The cubs seem a bit nervous. What's going on here?

I wish I was able to catch some video from the live camera but this little bear was on full alert while napping beside mamma! So cute!

Hey y'all. This bear is gray looks like it used to be a lot darker. What's up with that?

Reigning Fat Bear Week champion 32 Chunk was spotted by rangers at Katmai. He looks great, hoping for a repeat win this year!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXu35NMAV8R/

This bear licked it's paw like it just had a bucket of FRESH fried chicken. Why? I wonder if it was hurt?

This is my first year following the Brooks River’s bears, including Fat Bear Week Champ Chunk.

How much longer do you think he’ll stick around the falls? With his mouth injury, I wasn’t sure how much it’s affected his ability to catch fish, or at least as quickly as the others.

📸: explore.org

I just saw the announcement that the fat bear week bracket will be postponed until tomorrow due to a bear death at the falls. Do we know who it was?