Fat Bear Week

Winter is on the horizon, are you prepared? These brown bears of Katmai National Park sure are, and their efforts won't go unrewarded. Each year, park rangers organize a bracketed tournament to crown one ravenous grizzly as the fattest bear. Webcams are set up, so anyone can join the hundreds of onlookers that visit the park to watch these bears chow down on the abundant sockeye salmon that are returning to the park to spawn. Once you've witnessed the feast, you can vote for which bear you think should win the title. New generations will bring new competitors, but they have big paws to fill. Bears such as Beadnose and 747—everyone has its own number—are repeat champions, with fat bear Otis reigning supreme with four titles to his name.
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