Alaska brown bear enjoys happy hour feast - CGTN

The gallery below shows a hungry brown bear's in a busy happy hour in Alaska.

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

A hungry bear lines up to dinner as it tries to catch leaping salmons from the water at Brook Falls, Alaska. Photographer Nina Waffenschmidt captured the extraordinary moment the animal was fishing for lunch in the strong river currents. /VCG Photo

The 34-year-old Nina Waffenschmidt was on an expedition with a friend when she snapped the bear feeding in the river. "The bear must have caught around 15 to 20 of the elating salmon, which would have made for a nice dinner!

The marketing consultant from Hamburg, Germany said: "I was on a viewing platform at the Upper Falls in the Katmai National Park when I took the photos. I really like all the funny expressions, the bear gave off, such as the times when the bear seemed to be puzzled by the salmon just missing his open mouth or his paw."

(Cover photo via VCG)

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