The Fat Bear Week finals are here. Which fat bear will reign supreme?

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!

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After six days of strong competition, the Fat Bear Week finals have arrived.

Katmai National Park, where these wild bears live and hibernate, amusingly calls the pinnacle of the week-long contest “Fat Bear Tuesday.” 

This year’s Tuesday match features two profoundly fat bears, both of whom clearly exploited a Brooks River that teemed with 2018’s exceptional and long run of 4,500-calorie salmon.  Read more…

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