CNN —Voting is over in Katmai National Park & Preserve’s annual Fat Bear Week contest, in which the public picks from 12 big ‘n’ bulky bears in an online brackets-style tournament. Grazer was first identified as one the bears dining in Katmai’s Brooks River in 2005 as young cub. The runner-up32 Chunk shows off his fat form on September 17, 2023. Even Bear 747 – the 2022 Fat Bear Week champ – yielded fishing spots and salmon to him. Meanwhile, Bear 747 was eliminated in his first round of play this year, showing again no bear can rest on his or her feasting laurels.

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Persons: Grazer, she’s, Jimenez, Chunk, it’s Organizations: CNN, National Park Service, –, NPS, Service, Bear Locations: Katmai’s Brooks, Brooks