article_snippet.sent: In the sparse and frozen wilds of Alaska, it is not often that a tasty meal jumps almost straight into his mouth.
article_snippet.sent: But that was the case for one bear while hunting salmon in the Brooks River, which runs through the Katmai National Park, in southern Alaska.
article_snippet.sent: A bear hunting salmon in Alaska eyes up his dinner as a fish leaps straight at his while swimming up stream in order to reach A bear hunting salmon in Alaska eyes up his dinner as a fish leaps straight at him while swimming up stream in order to reach its breeding grounds breeding grounds .
article_snippet.sent: Staring at defeat: This salmon's number appears to be up as This salmon's number comes face to face with a hungry bear along the Brooks River in the Katmai National Park, Alaska .
article_snippet.sent: As close as it gets: As the two creatures come face to face, it looks as if the bear is about to enjoy the most hassle-free meal of the bear life .
article_snippet.sent: The fish, which spend the rest of the year out in the ocean, will swim against the current in order to reach the spawning grounds, leaping through waterfalls, which is where the bears wait.
article_snippet.sent: Husband and wife photography team Juergen and Christine Sohns captured the moment the bear let Husband and wife photography team Juergen and Christine Sohns
article_snippet.sent: Swing and a miss: However, nothing is a simple as it seems, and at the very last moment the bear makes a crucial error of judgement, and the salmon is allowed to continue the bear journey .
article_snippet.sent: Second time unlucky: Photographer Juergen Sohns explained that once the fish are in the air the fish cannot change direction, which should make the fish easy to catch, but not for the bear, as another fish slips away .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Sohns, 56, took the photo and said: 'the bear was just waiting at the best position in the falls to catch another fish when the bear was leaping.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Bear was hunting along the Brooks River Katmai National Park, in Alaska .
  