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Near Alaska’s McNeil River, renowned as a magnet for salmon- hungry bears, a mother grizzly holds her cubs on her lap. They have just finished nursing and have clambered These grizzly cubs, trying to follow their mother’s example, are using their eyes to search for some unfamiliar presence she has already seen. With muzzle raised, the mother is testing the air—using its nose, not its eyes.

higher on her chest to play.

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