Spawning Pink Salmon, familiarly called “Humpies,” attracts Kodiak Brown Bears to the Uganik River in Kodiak, Alaska this time of year. A male Kodiak Brown watches as a Humpie splashes in the water in front of him. He looks as if he’s deciding whether it’s worth the effort to chase it. Thousands of these fish fill the water, and in shallow areas, their dorsal fins protrude from the water in such numbers that you think you might walk across the river on their backs. In the deeper parts of the river, the fish jump out flipping in the air and making great splashes in the water. Apparently, the splash from this Humpie was not enough to entice the bear to pursue. After hesitating for a short time, the bear turned and walked the opposite direction up the river, without having yet caught his next meal.