Fat Bear Week

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Molok
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Fat Bear Week

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Forgive the interruption of our regularly scheduled arguments, but if you have a moment I would encourage you to visit this site:

https://www.explore.org/fat-bear-week

What is "Fat Bear Week", you may ask?
Fat Bear Week is a single elimination tournament where the public votes online for the fattest, most successful Katmai bear. The bear with the most votes advances and one winner is crowned Fat Bear Week champion.
Every week two bears are pitted against each other, complete with before / after pictures of hibernation, with one bear eventually being crowned the fattest of the year. Me and my co workers look forward to this every year, and I hope it can provide at least a few minutes of pleasant, non political distraction for you all.

P.S. Vote Chunk.
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Wow. Thanks for the reference, the livecams are stunning!

Chunk is amazing! And he has a broken jaw--wow. He is one resilient bear.
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To be fair, 602 is just big boned.
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I Have Questions wrote:
Thu Sep 25, 2025 9:39 pm
To be fair, 602 is just big boned.
And apparently he dances peculiarly and neatly parts his forehead hair in the middle. Methinks the narrators have some opinions.
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Bumping because voting has just opened for the day. Chunk has made it past the first round. My boy is going to be a two time champ this year. I BELIEVE!!!
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For the Bear enthusiasts amongst us I'd also recommend this great interview with bear ecologist, Chris Morgan over on Ologies.

Or if you'd like a bit of his content more directly https://www.chrismorganwildlife.org
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Xenophon wrote:
Fri Sep 26, 2025 4:15 pm
For the Bear enthusiasts amongst us I'd also recommend this great interview with bear ecologist, Chris Morgan over on Ologies.

Or if you'd like a bit of his content more directly https://www.chrismorganwildlife.org
Now I know what I'll be listening to on my drive this afternoon. Thanks, Xenophon!
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Molok wrote:
Fri Sep 26, 2025 4:18 pm

Now I know what I'll be listening to on my drive this afternoon. Thanks, Xenophon!
Always happy to plug Alie and her content where I can, hope you enjoy it. A lot of the straight facts shared in the episode likely won't be new to anyone already aware of Fat Bear Week, but hopefully his anecdotes and passion shared will be as fascinating for you as it was for me.
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