It can really take it out of you diving around in the
water for salmon all day.
This brown coastal bear, known as Yolanda, was so
exhausted after her fishing expedition that she decided to take a
little nap before eating her catch. A bear necessity,
perhaps?
The picture was captured by wildlife photographer Rick
Sheremeta at McNeil River Falls, on the Alaskan
Peninsula.
Dozy bear: Rick Sheremeta snapped Yolanda falling asleep after
she had caught a salmon
He said: ‘Yolanda’s an excellent
fisherwoman. I guess all the frantic activity got the best of her.
She wandered into a calm pool, sat down, cradled her catch and
nodded off.
'She would snare a large fish and walk it into the shallows
where she would sit and consume it at her leisure. '
Unfortunately, her nap was short lived. Her slumber pad
also happened to be an active route for other bears travelling to
and from the river.
Snapped: Rick Sheremeta spent four days watching brown
coastal bears at McNeil River Falls, on the Alaskan Peninsula, 290
miles south west of Anchorage
Rick added: 'She did this time and time again but we never
saw her leave the water to take a nap break like all the other
bears routinely did.
'I guess all this frantic activity finally got the best of
her. She finally wandered into the calm pool just as she had done
numerous times before, sat down, cradled her catch under her arm
and promptly nodded off.
'Unfortunately, her nap was fairly short lived since her
little slumber pad also happened to be an active byway for other
bears travelling to and from the River
That woke him: Tempers get out of control at times as
these large bears vie for the best Salmon fishing spots
'After a few moments of blissful slumber she was rudely
awakened by other some other denizen splashing through the
water.
'Even though the scene was short-lived, it was a
once in a million moment that I was lucky enough to document and
capture with my camera.'
