Alaska's Annual 'Fat Bear Week' Competition Begins
Oh lawd, they comin'
Katmai National Park's annual competition of voting for your favorite chubby bear is back and voting has already begun! Which chubby cubby will win the title this year?
Every Fall, the 'Fat Bear Week' competition takes place and it's a celebration in which the online community compares photos of bears in Spring and those same bears all chubbed up and getting ready for hibernation! The difference between the photos is often very obvious. And while it's a fun competition to take part in, it's truly all about these amazing bears, their survival, and how we're learning from them.
For those who might consider this to be body shaming, it's actually all about body positivity. A bear needs to bulk up before winter, or else it won't survive. As the U.S. Department of the Interior says, "A fat bear is a healthy bear!" Bears can lose up to a third of their entire body fat as they hibernate.
You can vote for your favorite chubby cubby here! And follow Katmai National Park on Twitter for all the updates!
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Meet the bears!
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'Fat Bear Week' has officially begun!
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"Bear 747 comparison between July and September."
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"Holly, the 2019 Fat Bear winner."
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"Beadnose 409 was the 2018 Fat Bear winner. "
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"Mama bear and cubs playing in the grass"
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"A brown bear taking an after lunch snooze."
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A bear's paradise
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