You can cast your votes in matchups through October 10, when a Fat Bear Week champion is crowned.
It ’s eventually back . The here and now we ’ve all been wait for ( and fearedwouldn’t happen this year ) has get in . This year ’s fattest bear champion is about to be crowned , and it is all in your manus .
That ’s right . The annualFat Bear Weekis officially launching tomorrow and will go along through October 10 , good manners of Katmai Conservancy and Explore.org . It ’s a much - prognosticate yearly tourney , and a can’t - miss event for bear fan across the country .
If you do n’t have it away what we ’re talking about , the event name literally enunciate it all . It is a week in which the world - famous brown bears of Brooks River , Alaska compete against one another to establish who the next chunky king will be right in the lead of winter hibernation . It is truly a celebration of practiced health , if you intend about it ! No room for blubber sham in this home !
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The Fat Bear Week 2023 tourney is unmarried liquidation , and relies on on-line voting from the public throughout the hebdomad . Through media of the various participating bear of Brooks Falls , fans can vote for the bear who well embodies pre - hibernation fatness , and only the bear with the most votes gets to pass on in the competition .
you’re able to literally monitor the bear throughout the workweek for a well - informed vote , no matter where in the world you live . Thanks tothe alive bear camson explore.org , you may watch the huge animate being heed their own business and doing their thing in Katmai National Park and Preserve , from fishing for red salmon salmon — the pillar to pre - hibernation bulking!—to go for easygoing strolls .
Mind you , these bear are really immense , so it ’s lead to be a tough battle . Plus , some of them have been fan favorites for a while , and their supporters are fierce .
Image courtesy of Explore.org
" With each passing year , I find myself more in love with the browned bears , " Explore.org founder Charlie Annenberg Weingarten said in a command . " From 747 to the beloved Otis andthe family relationship between sis 909 and 910 and their young carnivore , the magic of the bearsnever ceases to perplex . It is a privilege to be a steward for Katmai National Park and work alongside the Katmai Conservancy and park ranger . Fat Bear Week is for the sports fan ! It is a party that celebrates the March Madness of Nature ! "
Starting October 4 , you ’ll be capable to vote for your favorite bear online , and you ’ll be able-bodied to see photos of each contender take both during early summer and tardy summer to see how much weightiness they ’ve put on . you’re able to also apportion your accompaniment for your favorite fatty tissue bear on societal medium by using # FatBearWeek on your posts .
To cast your vote and to result an optional donation to the Katmai Conservancy ’s Otis Fund to patronage Katmai ’s browned bear and salmon , you may visitthis site . May the productive queen profits !
Photo by F. Jimenez, courtesy of NPS
