Bears Fat Bear Week Katmai National Park Science

Massive bruisers go head to head in the last Fat Bear Week semifinal match

sudshr47 October 8, 2018

TwitterFacebook

Welcome to Fat Bear Week at Mashable! Each fall, Katmai National Park holds a competition as Alaska’s brown bears finish fattening up for their long winter hibernation. This year, Mashable is getting in on the salmon-munching action. Check back with us all week as we follow the fat bear face-offs each day, and remember to get your votes in for each round. Happy fishing!

The Fat Bear Week finals showdown is nearly set: Profoundly plump Bear 409 (also known as Beadnose) awaits the winner of Monday’s semifinal showdown. 

The match pits two of the largest and most dominant Brooks River bears against one another: Bear 32 “Chunk” and Bear 747.  Read more…

More about Science, Bears, Katmai National Park, Fat Bear Week, and Science

Post Views: 301