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something else – Fat Bear Week. “Fat Bear Week is always a celebration of the success of the bears,” Naomi Boak, a media ranger at Katmai, told USA TODAY. “Not just the big boys ...

In 2022, 747 won Fat Bear Week after gaining an impressive 1,400 pounds. "And what do the winners get? Six months of restful solitude," NPS wrote in a press release at the time. "But the real ...

Hey, fans of the annual Fat Bear Week online contest out of Alaska ... 806 Jr.: Rounding out the list is this male first-year cub with long, shaggy brown fur and a short, pointed muzzle.

It was easy to tell "which votes are fraudulent," contest organizers said. Contest organizers in Alaska have named the winner of the Fat Bear Week contest despite an earnest attempt among voters ...

six past winners are in the 2022 bracket, including four-time champion and winner of the 2021 Fat Bear Week, 480 Otis. And even with other favorites like 435 Holly and 747 returning, don’t ...

Let the Fat Bear Week hype begin…. Brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park have emerged from hibernation and will spend the summer fattening up on salmon along the Brooks River.

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