Brown bears in Shiretoko Peninsula

SHARI, Japan - A brown bear and its cubs are seen hunting for pink salmon at a river on the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Natural Heritage site in eastern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2014. The peninsula is blessed with abundant nature and inhabited by brown bears.

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