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Fat Bear Week 2025: How to Vote, Who Are the Contenders?
Twelve brown bears compete in a bracket-style online vote after summer salmon feeding; the winner is crowned the heaviest bear on Sept. 30, officials said.
- On Tuesday, voting opened for Fat Bear Week 2025, with 12 contestants announced Monday competing in a single-elimination tournament through Sept. 30 at www.fatbearweek.org.
- The contest began in 2014 to showcase bear resiliency as brown bears pack on pounds after eating sockeye salmon at Brooks River to survive hibernation.
- Exceptional foraging reduced competition at Brooks River falls as this year's exceptional salmon run fueled bears' fattening, while voters may consider female bears' challenges beyond size.
- The public can watch livestream cameras as Explore.org runs the contest with Katmai National Park and Preserve, featuring 12 adult brown bears with four first-round byes advancing by votes.
- Notably, returning champion 128 Grazer and several newcomers compete, with voters choosing between 11 large bears and cub winner 128 Junior; past wins show size isn't the only factor.
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Fat Bear Week is upon us. Which of these big, beautiful chonkers will come out on top?
It's time once again for Katmai National Park's annual Fat Bear Week contest, in which nature lovers around the world vote in a tournament-style bracket for their favourite fuzzy fatty at the remote Alaskan reserve.
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