Hey! It’s Fat Bear Week! Never heard of it? Well, let us enlighten you. It’s only the most excellent autumnal trend in nature — and on the internet.
The annual elimination tournament pits big bears against one another as they bulk up for hibernation. Bears have been known to weigh in at over 1,000 pounds and the ones at Katami National Park in Alaska are said to be among the biggest in the world. So every year, the park broadcasts footage from its six webcams around the park featuring the animals fishing or strolling around the grounds. The park creates a bracket and each day brings a new matchup. People vote online for their favorite fatty. What a wild way to celebrate body acceptance!
Here's how to participate in #FatBearWeek: this is an elimination tournament to determine who will be crowned 2020's fattest bear on the Brooks River. For each pairing of bears, you will be given the opportunity to vote on our new #FatBearWeek website, https://t.co/bcJqAzVU3F pic.twitter.com/wCQTu4zUmM
— Katmai National Park (@KatmaiNPS) September 29, 2020
There are also Q&A opportunities and other special events associated with the competition, not to mention the hilarious comments of human spectators on social media using the hashtag #FatBearWeek. Animal lovers really get into this.
A thread with pics of the bears of this year’s #FatBearWeek to cheer you up after the stress of the debates. ?
Here’s 747, who deserves to finally be crowned champion. pic.twitter.com/2rTtyXTYC9
— it’s frickin bats ? (@TypicalTahdig) September 30, 2020
When I moved to Pennsylvania nobody told me #FatBearWeek was a thing. I might have come sooner! pic.twitter.com/hcEevsopJy
— Charles Patterson (@CEPattersonJr) October 1, 2020
Throwback to last Halloween. #FatBearWeek winner Holly before and after she plumped up. @kmdaggerhart pic.twitter.com/BjMdjxpbXC
— Anna Berger (@berger629) September 30, 2020
Had to embroider a portrait of my muse, reigning champion 435 Holly, for #FatBearWeek eve!! @KatmaiNPS pic.twitter.com/mBG7w4nyzF
— maryl hairless (@maryl_harris) September 29, 2020
Who will be deemed the burliest beast of Brook River? You’ll find out on Oct. 6, when the winner is announced. We wonder if there will ever be a Bikini Bear Week to show how the animals slim down in preparation for summer? Now that we’d like to see!
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