Inevitable Consequences 38W1251
With the rising sun, the tide in ebb, and her cubs waiting in the wings, a brown bear sow charges toward a salmon struggling to fight the river currents to join with others of its kind. Together the fish will spawn the next generation that will return here in 5 years. For the bear the event provides the needed calories for her and her cubs to survive the cold, harsh winter. For the salmon, death is the inevitable consequence. The only difference is whether they will languish and die in pools upriver over the ensuing weeks or perish in a matter of seconds in the jaws of a ravenous bear. What might otherwise be a terrible fate seems more tolerable when one understands nature’s complete theatrical drama.
Inevitable Consequences 38W1251
With the rising sun, the tide in ebb, and her cubs waiting in the wings, a brown bear sow charges toward a salmon struggling to fight the river currents to join with others of its kind. Together the fish will spawn the next generation that will return here in 5 years. For the bear the event provides the needed calories for her and her cubs to survive the cold, harsh winter. For the salmon, death is the inevitable consequence. The only difference is whether they will languish and die in pools upriver over the ensuing weeks or perish in a matter of seconds in the jaws of a ravenous bear. What might otherwise be a terrible fate seems more tolerable when one understands nature’s complete theatrical drama.