King Snagletooth
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B Benson
Registered: Jan 13, 2005
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This is the king bear at Brooks Falls in Katmai NP. He boke his jaw in a fight three years ago but still rules the falls and the other bears give him plenty of space.
Bruce

Dave Bachrach
Registered: Aug 10, 2006
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Bruce,

Nice shot! There's really no place like Katmai for brown bear photography.

Dave

B Benson
Registered: Jan 13, 2005
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Dave Bachrach wrote:
Bruce,

Nice shot! There's really no place like Katmai for brown bear photography.

Dave
Thanks Dave, No place like it. Bruce

Nello Milanese
Registered: Sep 22, 2007
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That's a cool portrait Bruce! crazy to think he survives w a jaw like that!

trenchmonkey
Registered: Oct 22, 2004
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It's those between meal treats Nice one, Bruce!

90 5.0
Registered: Jul 08, 2008
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Snagle tooth and it looks like he has a crazy eye too!! I'd give him plenty of room also

Thomas Sanders
Registered: Aug 17, 2008
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What a character Easy to see why he commands all he surveys, WoW! that's a biiiig Bear

Tom

squareeyez
Registered: Jan 22, 2006
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I'd love to see that x-ray!

danjacquitaylo
Registered: Jun 13, 2005
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Terrific shot Bruce.
Dan

Migara
Registered: Mar 07, 2006
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That's one messed up jaw, feel sorry for the fella, then again it's life.
Well captured shot Bruce!

Tim Kuhn
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Nicely done Bruce! That is on tough looking character

Tim

B Benson
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Nello Milanese wrote:
That's a cool portrait Bruce! crazy to think he survives w a jaw like that!
Thanks Nello, he seems to survive quite nicely. bruce

B Benson
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trenchmonkey wrote:
It's those between meal treats Nice one, Bruce!
Some of those treats might be some other bears ear. Bruce

B Benson
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90 5.0 wrote:
Snagle tooth and it looks like he has a crazy eye too!! I'd give him plenty of room also
It is very interesting to see the reaction of the smaller bears when they smell him coming. Bruce

B Benson
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Thomas Sanders wrote:
What a character Easy to see why he commands all he surveys, WoW! that's a biiiig Bear

Tom
Big and bad, Bruce

B Benson
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squareeyez wrote:
I'd love to see that x-ray!
You must be a dentist. Seeing $$$$. Bruce

B Benson
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danjacquitaylo wrote:
Terrific shot Bruce.
Dan
Thanks Dan, Bruce

B Benson
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Migara wrote:
That's one messed up jaw, feel sorry for the fella, then again it's life.
Well captured shot Bruce!
Thanks Miagra, I think he has messed up a few other bears in his lifetime. Bruce

B Benson
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Tim Kuhn wrote:
Nicely done Bruce! That is on tough looking character

Tim
Thanks Tim, He is tough indeed.
Bruce

Martin Good
Registered: Mar 16, 2008
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Great pic Bruce.
You really captured his character!
Martin

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