What are you doing to celebrate ‘Fat Bear Week?’
The annual competition asks voters which brown bear at the Katmai National Park in Alaska has put on the most weight before winter. That bear will be officially crowned “2021’s Fattest Bear”.
This March Madness, single-elimination competition is very simple. The bear with the most votes, wins. Every day the public can go online and vote until the final day which is October 5th.
Who says you can’t pig out & play? 812. He ate enough to advance in the arena of eaters. But youth isn’t everything. Nearly toothless, 480 Otis still had plenty of bite. Can he eat his way to a 4th #FatBearWeek win? Keep voting at https://t.co/thJwxp9wuP starting @ 8 AKT (12 ET) pic.twitter.com/1ngueljSU4
— Katmai National Park (@KatmaiNPS) October 1, 2021
The tournament first started back in 2014. Park ranger Andrew Lavalle told CBS News back in 2018, “A fat bear is a health bear, and it’s something to celebrate.”
He goes on to state that brown bears have to eat a year’s worth of food in just six months to be ready for hibernation and the winter season.
To vote click HERE.
To check out the live cam, click HERE.