Synopsis
Brown bears take advantage of a salmon run to fatten up for the winter.
- Programme: Life
- Episode: Hunters and Hunted
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2009
- Biology | Ecology | Ecosystems, extinction and gene pools | Predator and prey populations
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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