Fat Bear Week has riposte for 2023 and the annual competitor at Katmai National Park And Preserve in Alaska is delivering some downright units . With far-famed faces like Chunk , Holly , and747back and in the running , who knows who will be the victor for this year ? All that ’s certain is you ’ve got to be in it to win it , so get vote now .
The piddle of Katmai National Park are quivering with the thud of fat bear , as its residents are gearing up for winter just in time for the annual Fat Bear Week competition . Aimed to celebrate the healthy bulking time of year of Alaska’sbrown bears(Ursus arctos ) who must pile on the pounds if they ’re to survive winter , it demonstrates the dramatic transformation they undergo on a yearly basis .
The Alaska Peninsula is home plate to more bear than people , and Katmai is considered one of thebest viewing sitesin the earthly concern for bodacious brown bear . They ’ll before long disappear from ken as they scrunch up down to hold back out the worst of the insensate conditions in a six - month nap that can claim a third of their total consistency free weight . As such , it pay up to be at your portliest when hibernation time come .
Who will be victorious? You decide.Image credit: Katmai National Park And Preserve, Public Domain
Getting Hibernation Body Ready is a competitive play for these animals , as they battle for resources like the best sportfishing floater . The competition could n’t be clearer in the case of Chunk , a bear who used to struggle to compete for fishing pip but is now pushing out units like Katmai ’s 747 , aka Bear Force Once , who has deferred spots to his contender in 2023 .
They ’re contend over sockeye salmon , a fish that ’s rich in fatness and pronto available in Katmai , where around 3 million of them endeavor to cash in one’s chips through in the yearly salmon streamlet . If the harvest home is bountiful , the bears can anticipate to bulk up by around1.8 kilogram ( 4 pounds)a day during the summertime months .
Some debate that it does n’t always come down to size of it , however , as in 2022 there was talk of the town that 435 tried to snatch up victory from the jowls of defeat whenvoter fraudalmost crowned them over the rightful success – 747 . The record was set straight , however , and 747 ’s fat head was crowned the official winner for 2022 . toilsome is the head , indeed .
To keep up with the bears and whatever scandals the 2023 battle may get , check that youvote for your winner of Fat Bear Week 2023 . There ’s a lot of bear to go around , but only one can win .
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