Gorging on bearcam: the livestream of big beasts eating that draws millions

Ahead of Fat Bear Week, avid fans are glued to the spectacle of brown bears devouring salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska

One of this summer's biggest onscreen hits has had big beasts, great escapes and choppy waters, but it's not Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey - it's a livestream of Alaskan brown bears catching salmon.

The Brooks Falls bearcam at Katmai national park in the US was watched 7.3m times between 22 June and 4 August - up 70% from the same period last year and more than double the views it attracted in 2024.