Katmai National Park in Alaska is running its annual Fat Bear Week, a March Madness-style competition where you can vote for the bear you think best exemplifies fatness. Check out some of the top contenders
Fall, however, is for fat bears -- and for Katmai National Park & Preserve's annual Fat Bear Week and its accompanying tournament of crowning a chubby champion for 2022.
The contest is"a way to celebrate the resilience, adaptability and strength of Katmai's brown bears," the park says on its website. And unlike March Madness with separate men's and women's teams, female bears get in on the action in the same contest.Courtesy L. Law/Katmai National Park Voting started at noon ET Wednesday and runs through October 11, or Fat Bear Tuesday, when the final two contestants face off.You come across a bear. Your next move is very important. Do you know what to do?"Perhaps no other river on Earth offers bears the chance to feed on salmon for so long," the voting site explains.The live cam
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