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Fat Bear Week

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Fat Bear Week Emerges From Scandal to Crown a New Champion

Fat Bear Week Emerges From Scandal to Crown a New Champion

Every year, the internet votes on their favorite fat bear from Katmai National Park in Alaska

Thousands Tune In to Watch Otis, Four-Time Champ of ‘Fat Bear Week,’ on Livecam

Thousands Tune In to Watch Otis, Four-Time Champ of ‘Fat Bear Week,’ on Livecam

Otis the fat bear. NOTE: this article was originally published to WSJ.com on September 20, 2022. It was written by Angela Owens. A chubby favorite on the web feed from Katmai National Park, the brown bear gorges on salmon and eyes the competition KATMAI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska—

Fat Bear Week: It's Time to Weigh in on Katmai National Park's Biggest Bear

Fat Bear Week: It's Time to Weigh in on Katmai National Park's Biggest Bear

As described below, the amount of food – in the form of migrating salmon – available to Alaska’s coastal grizzlies is amazing, as is the size many reach after a season spent gorging on live and scavenged fish. NOTE: this article was originally published to CNN.com on September 29, 2021.