One final danger is that inexperienced or untrained users may miss important diagnostic signs or misinterpret what they see in the ear canal, potentially leading to missed medical conditions or incorrect treatment. What maintenance do otoscopes require? Use requires the installation of an app (iOS or Android) to see the camera’s feed. But at 100MHz and with digital stabilization the image is reasonably easy to use on yourself, and with 17 accessories you’ll not be wanting. What is an otoscope? Brown bears come to Brooks Falls starting in late June because that’s when the salmon start migrating. By late summer, the salmon spawn and begin to die. So, in September and October, bear activity moves to the lower Brooks River. There, the bears search for dead and dying salmon near the mouth of the river. The most active months on the bear cams are July and September. Also, bears are diurnal, meaning they’re most active during the day. A bear at Brooks Falls can catch and eat more than 30 salmon a day. Oakland Zoo sponsors People and Carnivores, a Montana-based organization focused on increasing co-existence of humans and bears through education and human behavior change.

Alaska’s brown bears are those that live near the coast and eat salmon. Sometimes people confuse them with grizzly bears. Grizzly bears in Alaska live farther inland. All grizzly bears are brown bears. However, not all brown bears are grizzly bears. The brown bears of Alaska are larger than the inland grizzlies. Sometimes brown bears snorkel for fish. Image via NPS/ M. Fitz. Brooks Falls in Katmai To administer the spray you place the nozzle tip gently into your ear and press the pump down once to deliver one measured spray. Some people need to clean their ears more than others. Users of AirPods and other ear buds, for instance, can find it particularly difficult to keep wax under control. The Bebird M9 Pro provides the same tech seen in many other ear cleaning cameras, but instead of supplying a few accessories in tubes, there is a large ball-like accessory base and charger which the wireless camera can easily be dropped in, and perhaps stored near the toothbrush cup. Brother to Rubicon and our water boy. If you see a lone bear playing in the pool, a puddle, or a sprinkler, it’s probably Kenai. He is also the darkest of our brown bears, and maintains this darker coloration throughout the year. Kenai enjoys all kinds of enrichment, but lets us know when he thinks something is too difficult, because he will break it to get to the treats inside! TulareThe sight that flashed into view … was one of the most amazing visions ever beheld by mortal eye. The whole valley as far as the eye could reach was full of hundreds, no thousands – literally tens of thousands – of smokes curling up from its fissured floor … It was as though all the steam engines in the world, assembled together, had popped their safety valves at once and were letting off surplus steam in concert. An otoscope is a medical device used to examine the ear canal and eardrum. The traditional otoscope consists of a light source and a magnifying lens, while modern versions often use digital camera technology. The primary purpose of an otoscope is to visually inspect the ear canal and eardrum for signs of infection, injury, earwax buildup, or other ear-related issues. Who can use an otoscope?

Don’t forget, in the fall, to follow along with Fat Bear Week. That’s when the park shares before-and-after pictures, showing how much the bears have plumped up over a summer of engorging themselves. The public gets to vote on which bear they think did the best job of preparing for winter. The brown bears at Brooks Falls begin actively feeding on salmon in late June. You can watch them on the Katmai bear cam. Image via NPS. Brown bears on the bear cam You can help your local bears by properly disposing of trash, using bear-proof containers, and never approaching young cubs around their mother. Brooks Falls has long been a popular spot to view brown bears in Alaska. The National Park Service hosts visitors at Brooks Camp on the Brooks River, where they’ve built boardwalks and viewing platforms for easier access to bear-gazing. There are north and south platforms near the camp at the mouth of the river and Naknek Lake, plus platforms at the falls itself and one downstream in the riffles, where less competitive bears come for meals. The National Park Service estimates there are about 2,200 bears in the park, with more bears than people living on the Alaskan Peninsula. See that white patch near the center of this river? That’s Brooks Falls on the Brooks River in Katmai National Park, Alaska. Water flows from Lake Brooks at the right to Naknek Lake on the left. Image via NPS/ Roy Wood. Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes If you haven't used the spray for more than a week you should press the pump down a few times until you get a fine spray before using it again. But Katmai is more than just bear territory. The U.S. government first set aside the land of Katmai in 1918 to protect the area around Novarupta volcano. In 1912, Novarupta exploded in the largest volcano eruption of the 20th century. For 60 hours, starting on June 6, the volcano spewed magma and ash, eventually releasing more than 30 times the output of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.The grizzly bear cam faces one of the bears' favorite places - the pool. The bears use this area to swim, play, and spar with each other. Keepers place enrichment items in various floating devices like PVC tubes and recycled fire hoses. The bears are well adapted to withstand cold weather, so you might even see them splashing around when we wouldn’t even think of taking a dip! Meet the Grizzly Bears of Oakland Zoo Returning for an 11th season, the world-famous bear cam livestream at Katmai National Park in Alaska begins on June 16, 2023. The bear cams go live at 8 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time, or 11 a.m. CDT. Explore.org established the bear cams in 2012. The cams are situated along the Brooks River and at Brook Falls, where brown bears await salmon swimming upstream. Eight cameras will capture the action this year as bears compete for their supper. But you can also see other wildlife on the livestream, from eagles to gulls to the occasional wolf. Before you use the spray for the first time you need to prime it, by pressing the pump down 6 to 10 times until a fine spray is produced. Point the spray away from you and other people while you're doing this. Adults and adolescents aged 12 years and over should use one spray into the affected ear at least three times a day, for example morning, evening and after swimming, showering or bathing. Don't use the spray more often than every two to three hours. Otoscopes are used by healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, audiologists, and ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialists, to examine patients' ears. Parents or caregivers may also use home otoscopes to monitor ear health in children or themselves.