Gorging on bearcam: the livestream of big beasts eating that draws millions
“Maybe people just have it on while they’re cooking dinner.”View image in fullscreenBrown bears at Brooks Falls eating sockeye salmon in Alaska’s Katmai national park. Photograph: John Moore/Getty ImagesThe cameras were first installed in 2012 as part of an effort to bring remote wildlife into people’s homes. Rusch said the idea was that people were more likely to protect animals and landscapes they had come to know and care about.Dr Jeffrey Skibins, an associate professor at East Carolina University, said: “Recent studies have shown that nature-based webcams are beneficial to both wildlife and people.
- ▪“Maybe people just have it on while they’re cooking dinner.”View image in fullscreenBrown bears at Brooks Falls eating sockeye salmon in Alaska’s Katmai national park.
- ▪Photograph: John Moore/Getty ImagesThe cameras were first installed in 2012 as part of an effort to bring remote wildlife into people’s homes.
- ▪Rusch said the idea was that people were more likely to protect animals and landscapes they had come to know and care about.Dr Jeffrey Skibins, an associate professor at East Carolina University, said: “Recent studies have shown that nature
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Brown bears at Katmai national parkThe age of extinctionAnimalsGorging on bearcam: the livestream of big beasts eating that draws millionsAhead of Fat Bear Week, avid fans are glued to the spectacle of brown bears devouring salmon at Brooks Falls in AlaskaThe age of extinction is supported byAbout this contentMatthew PearceSun 16 Aug 2026 02.00 EDTLast modified on Sun 16 Aug 2026 02.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleOne of this summer’s biggest onscreen hits has had big beasts, great escapes and choppy waters, but it’s not Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey – it’s a livestream of Alaskan brown bears catching salmon.The Brooks Falls bearcam at Katmai national park in the US was watched 7.3m times between 22 June and 4 August – up 70% from the same period last year and more than double…
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