SALMON OVERLOAD TURNS RIVER RED<br />With Vid<br />By Jaiansh Sharma<br />Checkout this brilliant footage of a river so full of salmon it looks red!<br />So many red salmon have returned to Brooks Falls, Alaska, USA, that the river itself seems to glow red with their scales.<br />Brooke Hartman filmed the extraordinary sight inside Katmai National Park, where bears typically travel long distances to feast on salmon battling their way upstream to spawn.<br />But this season, the abundance is so extreme that bears can catch fish anywhere - upriver, downriver, and even in nearby lakes.<br />In the clip, one bear looks almost overwhelmed by the sheer number of salmon/<br />Brooke explained that when salmon are this plentiful, bears often eat only the choicest parts like the head or belly leaving the rest behind. <br />Brook uploaded the video on Instagram where it got a lot of attention.<br />One viewer marvelled: “This is that kind of abundance old books used to mention. Uplifting to see pockets of it still alive.”<br />Another added: “A common sight in your local stream 40 years ago.”
