Welcome to Fat Bear Week 2019! Katmai National Park’s bears spent the summer gorging on 4,500-calorie salmon, and they’ve transformed into rotund giants, some over 1,000 pounds. The park is holding its annual playoff-like competition for the fattest of the fat bears (you can vote online between Oct. 2 and Oct. 8), and Mashable will be following the ursine activity.
The final fat bear showdown has arrived.
The decisive match features two hefty omnivores, veteran mom Bear 435 “Holly” versus male Bear 775 “Lefty,” named for his shorter, lopped over left ear. As you can see in their photo comparisons, both bears put on hundreds of pounds this summer as they gobbled the brains, skin, and vivid red flesh of migrating sockeye salmon. Read more…
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