. @KatmaiNPS 's annual "Fat Bear Week" competition ends today. It's up to you to choose their most rotund brown bear, made that way after a summer of non-stop salmon eating
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The finalists are bear 409 (aka "beadnose." The park states "when she is not raising cubs, this bear is usually one of the fattest females."pic.twitter.com/NK9RURHUis
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And then there's 747, who is living up to the airliner connotations of his name. The park says "Even though he is very dominant, he is somewhat more tolerant of other bears than very dominant bears" How progressive!pic.twitter.com/dKJkzBv2wG
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The gawking is fun, but really: Take stock of the amazing transformation these animals go through as they prepare to hibernate for the winter. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/10/9/17955432/fat-bear-week-katmai-national-park-409-747-salmon … Nature changes before our eyes, cycling onward, fat and thin, fat and thin.
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Or Norbit’s Rasputia
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Bear 747 FTW
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Maybe this is a sign of an extra long winter. Or lots of salmon and berries last season. Bears always fatten up before they hibernate.
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Right. Warmer than usual September.
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