Dinner Show at the Bear Kingdom

After a long day,  Mr. Bear finally gets his long awaited salmon.  It may not be exciting watching a bear eat a fish, but in the curious world of the internet, someone is probably interested in this, and I photographed it, so...here is the bear dinner show.

These two bears are named Joe Boxer and Patrone.  They are best buddies and cozy up to dine together.

Someone wasn't quite as hungry as they thought they were...or maybe they were planning on stashing it for a midnight snack.

Of course, it doesn't take many bear bites to finish off a fish.  Now you see it...

....now you see half of it.

This is Hugo.  She's a girl bear.  An inland coastal grizzly, smaller than the brown or Kodiak bears she shares a space with (Joe Boxer and Patrone).  She goes off somewhere a bit quieter for her fish snacks.

This was an adorable webbed footed non-duck creature that decided to join the bears for a while.

Hugo liked her fish, I swear!

Definitely don't want to be on the wrong end of those claws, adorable girl or not.

And this is how trouble brews.  When one bear covets another bear's fish.

Hugo heads for higher ground with her snack while the bigger Kodiak says "watch this."

Crisis averted by a little time on the scratching post.

But then it appears post supper boredome sets in.

The birds figure it's settled down enough to swoop in above a den for the scraps.

But no...it's time for bear folly.  People say bears can move shockingly fast.  Indeed they can.

I hardly had time to snap two shots before they raced out of site.  Those fat bottomed bears can really move.

That was it...nothing but dust and the thundering of 1000 pound joggers.

Fear not, it was a short chase and all three were friends again.  Lesson:  bears are insanely fast.  Another good day at the wildlife conservation center.