Bear densities are highest in places where human density is the lowest - the Alaska Peninsula has one of the highest densities of Brown Bears in the world. Bears held an important place in the lives of early cultures in Alaska, traditions included fear and respect. Early pioneers generally viewed bears as a competitor to be exterminated. Brown Bears come in all sizes and colors. Size ranges from a 20-pound spring cub emerging from the den to a 1200 pound mature male, fat after a summer of feeding and color ranges from platinum blonde to deep chocolate.
Bears maintain their relative position within the hierarchy by being combative.
AS WE DO and their sense of smell is many times more acute than ours.