Fat Bear Week's brown bears can lose one-third of their body weight over the course of hibernation, so they really need all the food they can get.
Two brown bears fish for salmon. They are bulking up in preparation for hibernation. team’s favorite times of the year: Fat Bear Week! The week celebrates the annual quest of bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve to pack on as many pounds as possible before hitting the hibernation sack. Throughout the week, ranger-selected brown bears are entered into an online, bracket-style tournament to see which will be proclaimed champion..
Holly is also on our radar because she is a true Mama Bear. She’s raised multiple cubs — some biological, some adopted — while putting on those precious pounds. If she won this year, it would be her second victory. She was the Fat Bear Week champion in 2019. Throughout the years, Chunk has risen through the bear ranks and now enjoys some pretty prestigious fishing spots. In 2020, he lost Fat Bear Tuesday to bear 747, who is the defending 2022 champion. Will Chunk’s “low hanging belly and ample hindquarters” be enough to gain him a win this year?
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