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The Alaska Peninsula brown bear's name most likely arose because, until 1975, it was considered a different species from the inland grizzly bear. It was never considered closer to European brown bears than inland grizzlies, but was given a different name, due to the size and color differences of coastal brown bears and inland grizzlies.
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Katmai National Park and Preserve is a United States national park and preserve in southwest Alaska, notable for the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its brown bears.The park and preserve encompass 4,093,077 acres (6,395.43 sq mi; 16,564.09 km 2), which is between the sizes of Connecticut and New Jersey.
Each fall, Katmai hosts Fat Bear Week, a beloved celebration of the park’s brown bears and larger ecosystem in the northern Alaska Peninsula.
The ABC Islands bears have the appearance of the typical Alaska Peninsula brown bear, which includes milk chocolate-colored fur and a humped back, with a large size and reputation to match. [3] Although the bear is commonly a milk-chocolate color, it can range from blonde to black.
This year’s Fat Bear Week contest is set to begin Wednesday. The National Park Service estimates that 2,200 brown bears inhabit the park, a number exceeding the people who live on the peninsula.
The brown bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska are famous in their own right. Every fall, they gather at Brooks Falls to catch and eat sockeye salmon, packing on the pounds ahead of their ...
Brown bear size, most often measured in body mass, is highly variable and is correlated to extent of food access. Therefore, bears whose range in areas with access to openings, cover, and moisture or water are on average larger, whereas those bears that range into enclosed forested areas or arid, sparsely vegetated regions, both of which tend to be suboptimal foraging habitat for brown bears ...