Alaska Peninsula brown bear

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The Alaska Peninsula brown bear (Ursus arctos gyas) or "peninsular grizzly" is a colloquial nomenclature for a proposed brown bear subspecies that lives in the coastal regions of southern Alaska, though there are debates as to whether it should be considered its own subspecies or rather just another population of the mainland grizzly bear subspecies (Ursus arctos horribilis). Alaska Peninsula brown bears are very large, usually ranging in weight from 800 to 1,200 lb (360 to 540 kg). They are found in high densities along the southern Alaskan coast due not only to the large amount of clams and sedge grass but also to the annual salmon runs; this allows them to attain huge sizes, some of the biggest in the world. They may gather in large numbers at feeding sites, such as Brooks Falls and McNeil Falls, both in Katmai National Park near King Salmon. Various Biologists maintain that coastal brown bears are their own subspecies. However, some other researchers consider correct to place all North...

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