After a summer of opulence and excess comes the lean time—the long, dark winter, when resources must be hoarded and stretched. No one knows this better than the fat bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve.
Source: https://gizmodo.com/why-we-need-fat-bear-week-1847793506
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The Article Was Written/Published By: Brianna Provenzano
Voting is underway at Katmai National Park and Preserve of bears who have feasted on salmon running through the Brooks River
America may feel like a divided society but one thing is guaranteed to unite the nation each year: Fat Bear Week, a seven-year-old competition held in October to choose the fattest, most gorged and hibernation-prepared bear in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska.
Fat Bear Week, which closes Tuesday and gathered 650,000 voting participants last year, is the creation of Explore.org, an online showcase for wildlife webcam videos, nature films and photographs that, it says, “creates a portal into the soul of humanity”.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/03/fat-bear-week-alaska
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The Article Was Written/Published By: Edward Helmore
From September 29th to October 5th, Katmai National Park in Alaska conducts a competition to determine the fattest bear in the park, relying on voters like you to judge the fattest of the fat.
What originally began in 2014 as a one-day event (Fat Bear Tuesday) has since grown into a much-anticipated international event.
Source: https://boingboing.net/2021/09/26/its-almost-fat-bear-week-when-online-voters-decide-which-bears-have-best-prepared-for-hibernation.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-almost-fat-bear-week-when-online-voters-decide-which-bears-have-best-prepared-for-hibernation
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There can only be one true winner of Fat Bear Week. I’m pleased to announce 2020’s beefiest bear is 747.
Source: https://earther.gizmodo.com/all-hail-747-your-hefty-fat-bear-champion-of-2020-1845287577
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The Article Was Written/Published By: Catie Keck on Earther, shared by Andrew Couts to Gizmodo
