They are big and they are beautiful.
They were along the edge of the lake and in the rivers
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Their main job is to get very fat on the salmon swimming upstream to spawn before winter hibernation.
The heads and skin of the salmon are preferred but everything but the bones are eaten
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Mom's main job is to teach the cubs how to swim and fish
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Never get physical with someone much larger than you are
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Little one doesn't want to give up.
Mom is definitely not putting up with this nonsense!
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