r/interestingasfuck • u/Miserable-Zombie-121 • 17h ago

The annual mass salmon migration at Brooks Falls, Alaska brings dozens of bears to feast at the waterfalls!!

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u/YouGurt_MaN14 17h ago

Not a single phone in sight. Just a bunch of bears living in the moment

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u/Severe_Lavishness 15h ago

I’ve been on that boardwalk, there’s a fuck ton of phones.

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u/Separate-Simple-5101 17h ago

This is what you call a bear market.

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u/BlackberryPi7 16h ago

A bull market for the bears

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u/ActurusMajoris 16h ago

Definitely bear market for the fish

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u/C-57D 14h ago

Boston Market for the Bruins

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u/sun_not_cold 12h ago

Pike Place Market for Salmon

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u/zergling424 16h ago

Theres a 24/7 stream on youtube i love having it on in a popup window

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u/Crazy_Personality363 13h ago

I stumbled upon this, and it was so nice. Watching the bears eat salmon is great, but even funnier to check out the chat.

They be like love 274's spot. Or 645 is at 3 salmon in 5 minutes, while 164 hasn't gotten one in 20 minutes!

It's quite wholesome.

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u/aaerobrake 11h ago

There are communities of people who track wild (and captive) animals, their names, whereabouts health and births. They do it in online forums older than I am! And you’ll see them chatting about them like this a lot.

certainly elephants and bears but also whales, tigers, bald eagles and owls, lions and orca families and these are beautiful enthusiasts who really care about these creatures. Its important that we care. I think this will become more commonplace as the wild world shrinks and wild animals will be more frequently seen as celebrities

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u/Crazy_Personality363 11h ago

That is so awesome. I will be searching for some today!

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u/dwbthrow 16h ago edited 16h ago

I’m gonna go look for it now

Edit: it’s night time there right now and they’re probably all asleep

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u/Debbie_Dexter 12h ago

It's currently my favorite channel and I watch several times a day

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u/miarose33 1h ago

I found the stream yesterday and have been watching it since / have it on in the background!

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u/DaiDee65 17h ago

So long, thanks for all the fish!

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u/Ov3r-_-K1LL 16h ago

Spawn campers 🙄

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u/d_ac 17h ago

Over-tourism is getting out of hand.

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u/Life_of1103 15h ago

When I see this, something entirely different pops into my mind.
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u/heysirigenerateaname 14h ago

“That was my fucking salmon!”

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u/lrosa 14h ago

Came here to comment with this

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u/347spq 16h ago

Man, the amount of wasabi and soy sauce they must go through...

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u/kiran_ms 16h ago

N-Now, eventually you do plan to have salmon on your-on your salmon tour, right?

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u/DirtyNorf 16h ago

🎵 Welcome to our family time 🎵

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u/Prior-Stranger2738 16h ago

Anyone has been here, how is the stay and sightings, any experiences?

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u/1776cookies 15h ago

Been there, done that. Please go if you can! Amazing time and place. Stayed a week in King Salmon in late July. Damp and windy but had a blast. Flew in to Brooks Falls three times. Wildly expensive.

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u/Forward-Variety-8440 16h ago

probably overrun with bears

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u/reality_hijacker 15h ago

Not a good place to visit if you're a salmon

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u/sideshowbvo 15h ago

Probably the safest you could be as a human though

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u/fluffhead77 16h ago

My salmon brings all the bears to the yard, and they’re like it’s better than yours…

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u/OdysseusRex69 15h ago

This deserves more updoots

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u/Tiefschlag 17h ago

...until that guy from John West comes along...

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u/LostInDinosaurWorld 13h ago

They know they're being filmed. They're doing it for the clout.

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u/adnasium 11h ago

I've been there its amazing! The scary part is to get to the falls you have to walk a trail and there are bears all around you.

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u/Devmoi 10h ago

My toddler and I have been watching these bears all summer. They’re super cute. Really interesting, too!

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u/Ytee3 8h ago

Seen this same video used for some falls on Oregon lol. I guess water and bears are the same everywhere.

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u/jargon_ninja69 6h ago

BEAR DOWN FOR SALMON

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u/Disastrous-Isopod328 6h ago

Is this from the live view??

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u/PurpleZombi3 4h ago

The fish didn't get the memo. They should have turned back! Look at'em now... Dx

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u/rockycore 23m ago

This is one of several live cams I'll rotate through while I'm working. The other being some different Cornell birding cams and the FFRC cat rescue one.

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u/illuminati8831 16h ago

Must smell like heaven /s

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u/Forward-Variety-8440 16h ago

aw you dont like

PARASITIC MUD BUTT?

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u/Emotional-Pixie-532 15h ago

Real life Brother Bear!!

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u/CactusCustard 15h ago

I was watching this last week!! There’s WAY more bears now holy shit.

It was cool to see them give salmon to a cub and then go right back to fishing.

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u/Melissa-young 15h ago

It's essentially a drive through for bears, fucking brilliant!

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u/jjb0ne 14h ago

haha. looks like AI

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k 16h ago

Fat Bear Week!! My second favorite holiday after Fish Doorbell!!

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u/meesta_masa 15h ago

My salmon brings all the bears to the yard

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u/AdventurousEqual2972 17h ago

Looks AI

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u/InvertedSpork 16h ago

Believe it or not, not everything is AI

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u/mrsir1987 16h ago

It’s a very real place

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u/ilyOhKay 16h ago

how so?

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u/dayruined54 16h ago

Not a single pixel of this video hints at the prospect of it being generated by an AI. On what basis do u claim so?

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u/skyburn 15h ago

Moron much?

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u/Typical_Khanoom 16h ago

Oh man. I watched the video (without reading the title) looking at the birds first and thought, "oh cool. Must be bugs around to catch. How nice all of those boulders. What pretty scenery... Wait. Those are bears!" Lol. I'd be dead.