Some tramp in Alaska ’s Katmai National Park have had a stuffy encounter of the massive , furred kind after the expectant bear in the arena took a saunter correctly past them . Aptly - named bear 747 ( not named after a jumbo jet , but it seems far too much of a conjunction ) was expire through a lead when it run into Cara Siciliano and a group of tourists .
Luckily the bear seemed more interested in check out a picture of Katmai ’s famous browned bears on a card board than the group .
Siciliano was on a floatplane tour from Homer , Alaska to Katmai National Park . The captain , Patrick Carter , an experienced scout who has conduct C of trips through the park , seemed to remember it was no big deal , however .
It was not an strange case , ” Carter toldFlying magazine . “ It ’s not a deadly thing . It ’s sort of like a ‘ nothing to see here ’ affair . You could literally take that video every Clarence Shepard Day Jr. . ”
Since encountering a bear roughly the size and weight of a smallish rhinoceros is apparently a daily possibility , it ’s best to have some know - how on what to do should one appear rather suddenly .
You ’ll acknowledge that Carter continuously talks to the bear as it passes . It is urge hikers are cheap as they walk through bear territory , allowing any nearby wild animals ample meter to name them as humans and steer clear . While it is not always necessary once the bear is extremely snug like in this post , the lecture may help the bear identify humans and the calm timber dictate you are not a scourge . For more advice on bear find visitKatmai ’s web site .
While not often seen in populated areas , 747 , which has direct the top spot in the Brooks River sphere , does not seem wary of people . Well , if you care that , why would you be ?
Bear 747 was crowned thefattest bear of 2020 in the National Park ’s famous " Fat Bear Week"competition , get home the statute title of bear that fatten up the most in training for wintertime . If this sound like a rival you want in on ( the IFLScience team is heatedly anticipating the annual sweepstake ) , Fat Bear Week 2021 bug out on September 29 through October 5 this year . And if you desire to see any of the chonky creature in action then check out explore.org’sbearcams , star the bears of Brooks Falls .
