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Bear 700 (Marge) at Brooks River
700 · Marge
ADULT FEMALE
FISHESBrooks Falls
ID MARKS AND HINTS

#700 is a small adult female with a short brown coat. The fur on her face and legs is usually longer than her body.

She has a sharp muzzle and dark claws. Her traingular ears sometimes appear very large, especially early in the summer.

Bear 700 (Marge) at Brooks River
Another look from the guide. Coats darken and bodies fill out as the season goes on, so the same bear can look like two.
LIFE HISTORY

#700 is a young female who was first identified as a subadult in 2003.

She is apparently wary around other bears (but relatively habituated to people) and kept cubs underneath the falls platform or treed them nearby while she fished. She acts very skittish around the falls in response to other bears.

She raised her first litter into their third summer. In 2008, this family was more often heard than seen as her cubs were particularly vocal when begging for salmon.

Text and photographs from Bears of Brooks River, National Park Service, Katmai National Park and Preserve. Page 41.