Brown bears in Hokkaido

Brown bears in Hokkaido

SHARI, Japan - A female brown bear and her cub hunt for salmon at the mouth of a river in the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Heritage site, in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Sept. 3, 2013.

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