After a week of voting, Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve has named bear 747, which appears to weigh at least 1,400 pounds, the winner of Fat Bear Week 2020.
Katmai National Park and PreserveThe annual, bracket-style tournament celebrates the success of the pre-hibernation preparations by bears at Brooks River in Katmai National Park. The park asked social-media followers to vote on which husky hibernator is the fattest bear by"For each set of two bears, vote for one who you think is the fattest," the website explained."The bear with the most votes advances. Only one will be crowned champion of Fat Bear Week.
Hibernation can last half a year, and a bear can lose up to one-third of its body mass during that time, the park explains. Before their winter slumber, bears enter a state ofIn order to make weight before hibernating, bears are known to stock up on sockeye salmon, whichContributing: Adrianna Rodriguez, Charles Trepany
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