Black Bear in the Great Bear Rainforest

A black bear (Ursus americanus) hunts for fish in a river in the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia, Canada.
Black bears live in forests across Canada. These omnivores have better eyesight and hearing than humans. They are known to mark trees with their teeth and claws as a form of communication with other bears.

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Photographer maintains full copyright and would like to be credited as follows: ©Andrew Wright / www.cold-coast.com

Unique identifier: GP01SRR

Type: Image

Shoot date: 15/10/2007

Locations: British Columbia, Canada, Great Bear Rainforest, North America

Credit line: © Andrew Wright / www.cold-coast.com

Size: 2484px × 1656px 3MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Great Bear Rainforest in the Fall

Representing one quarter of the world’s remaining coastal temperate rainforest, the Great Bear Rainforest stretches along the mainland coast of British Columbia to the Alaska border, covering an area the size of Switzerland—the largest intact coastal temperate rainforest on the planet. A spectacular forest ecosystem with many pristine valleys, the Great Bear Rainforest is also known as 'Canada's Amazon' for its dense web of natural life including towering ancient trees, grizzly bears, salmon, wolves, and the rare white spirit bear. On March 31st, 2009, the government of British Columbia announced the implementation of the most comprehensive rainforest conservation plan in North American history for the Great Bear Rainforest - the result of a decade-long campaign and one of the longest in Greenpeace history.

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