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Smelling an underwater salmon
Bears have one of the best senses of smell in all the animal kingdom, 5-7 times better than a bloodhound and over two thousand times better than humans. They can even detect scents that are underwater. This photo is of a grizzly bear smelling an underwater salmon, visible as a slight discolouration of the water in front of its nose, that a few seconds later it caught and ate (tomorrow's photo)
grizzly bearUrsus arctos horribilissmellingunderwater salmonfishingdeadfallriver bankChilko RiverCariboo ChilcotinBritish Columbia
Terry Allen
on February 18, 2022Many thanks everyone for your nice comments!
TruImages
on February 18, 2022Great shot!
God's Child
on February 17, 2022Their sense of smell is impeccable, and he looks intently focused on finding salmon!
The link to my "Daily Photo" is here:
https://godschild.smugmug.com/DailyPhotos/Daily-Dose-of-1-A-Day-2022/i-C6cfnNM/A
2/17/2022
Pascale GUY
on February 17, 2022Love this shot ! So sweet for such an impressive animal !
Gene Hyder
on February 17, 2022Super shot.
Judith Sparhawk
on February 17, 2022I knew bears have a good sense of smell, but I never realized it was THAT good! I'm glad you had all that time to observe the bear behavior--it's so much better than just getting a quick shot and leaving. Your trips always seem to allow that--you choose them well!
Rick Willis
on February 17, 2022Interesting Info and Nice Shot 😃...
Lgood
on February 17, 2022How wonderful that you caught this image Terry! I didn't know about how well they can smell, so thank you for that bit of information. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's image too.
fotoeffects
on February 17, 2022What a fabulous moment you have captured! He is really focused on it.
Donna McCommon
on February 17, 2022Fantastic shot and information.