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located a natural point of vantage, straddled the 

 brook with its face downstream, and bending 

 over, with upraised right paw, waited for the 

 salmon to come. 



It did, unhesitatingly, just what any normal 

 wild-raised hear would have done. 



With wonderful dexterity it was able to scoop 

 the onrushing salmon out of the stream and to 

 throw them in an even pile on the bank with a 

 single motion. 



As other bears would do, this domesticated 

 bruin stood over the stream until it had accumu- 

 lated a considerable pile of the salmon on .the 

 bank. 



Going to this pile it quickly sorted over the 

 fish, making now two piles instead of one — with 

 all the male salmon in one pile and all the female 

 salmon in the other. 



Then, with its sharp claw, it proceeded to 

 split open the female salmon and to extract 

 the roe, which it ate with relish. This con- 

 sumed, it finished its meal on the other meat 

 of the fish. 



Untaught, it recognized salmon as food; dis- 

 tinguished males from females; knew the roe as 

 a special delicacy. Unpracticed, it knew, in- 

 stantly, just how to fish for salmon and how to 

 find the roe. 



