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Fat Bear Week returns as fans cheer Alaska's heftiest bears
Original: Fat Bear Week is here — and the internet is losing it over Alaska's chonkiest bears
Fat Bear Week is underway at Alaska's Katmai National Park, where the public votes on which brown bear has bulked up most ahead of winter hibernation. The annual bracket-style contest has once again taken over social media, with fans championing their favorite chunky bears and sharing photos of salmon-fattened contestants.
Why now: The annual contest's mix of cute bears, public voting and internet humor reliably goes viral each year.
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- Fat Bear Week is here — and the internet is losing it over Alaska's chonkiest bears · Yahoo Creators
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