JeffAllow yourself to remember a scent. It may be a particular type of food, a familiar location, or maybe of a loved one, that thrills your sensations. Scent is a powerful concoction that can evoke emotion, behavior and memory.<br>
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A bear’s world is dominated by scent. But they harness at an almost supernatural level compared to our own. With a very large, convoluted nose, a huge surface area for scent receptors, and a very large olfactory bulb, their sense of smell is one of the best in the animal kingdom. This means that a bears olfactory sense is nearly 2,100 times better than our own. Their main view of the world is that of scents, wafting through the breeze. <br>
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This sow that we have been observing for months, has finally caught the smell of something that she desires most, salmon. She has been out on the low tide everyday for weeks, digging first for clams, and then fishing for flounder. But in the past 2 days an excitement has come over her, as she rushes to the waters edge with eager anticipation. The salmon have returned, and the rivers off the Shelikof Strait are beginning to fill with chum and pink salmon again. <br>
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Although not as abundant as the Bristol bay runs that we see in other parts of the Alaskan peninsula, it is still a critical moment for the ecosystems here. The salmon reproduce and die, their nutrients spread throughout the flora and fauna all along the coast, helping to strengthen the web of life. You can smell the fish in the rivers, and it smells of environemtnal opulence. <br>
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