Fat Bear Week is back, and voting is now open. The event is hosted by Katmai National Park and features a dozen brown bears preparing for hibernation.
Itap an annual tournament comparing chubby bears and itap getting renewed attention in 2020 as pandemic-weary Americans search for reasons to smile and look at adorable wildlife.
Katmai National Park selects 12 bears preparing for the winter, some have names like “Holly,” who was 2019’s winner, “Grazer,” “Chunk,” “Otis,” and “Walker,” while others are identified by number. They then of the bears from early this summer to images taken in the last few weeks to show how the animals are growing.
Voting started and the head-to-head match-ups continue through Oct. 6. Watch the animals on Ի on who is getting to be the fattest.
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