#16 has a cinnamon-brown coat with blonder ears, a drooping lower lip, white claws, and an old face.

This bear has no large distinctive scars, but he does have scars on the side of his head and shoulders. In recent years, he has appeared thinner than most adult bears.

Bear #16 is a regular at the Brooks Falls in July.

In September, he is seen only sporadically.

Like bear #6, he is one of the oldest bears, if not the oldest, known in this area. Bear biologist classified him as an adult male in 1988 and he has returned to the Brooks River every year since.

He regularly fishes the lip of the falls, but is not a dominant presence. As a result of his lower position in the hierarchy, #16 is not aggressive towards other bears. Instead, he readily yields space to more dominant bears. Most recently, he scavenges salmon carcasses more often than he catches live fish.

He is showing signs of aging and appears to be getting thinner with each passing summer.