It is Fat Bear Week.

[Catherine]

It is Fat Bear Week. This time of the year the bears in Alaska eat a lot of salmon to fatten up for winter.
A fat bear is a healthy bear who will survive the winter. So humans started watching them to see which bear would be the fattest.
We can vote online for who we think is the fattest. There are twelve bears in competition right now.
Two time winner, Grazer is definitely a contender this year as is Chonk. Don't count out Floatato who looks like a giant floating potato in the water.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/fat...-1.7641223

Meet the bears.

https://explore.org/meet-the-bears#h_729...8562582284

The salmon run is good this year so they are all pretty fat.
I think Grazer and Chonk look like the front runners again this year.
They now have a junior fat bear contest so younger bears can compete.
So if you are interested in fat bears, go ahead and vote for your favourite.

[Catherine]

We have a winner! Bear #32, Chunk has won Fat Bear Week.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...r-32-chunk

Well done Chunk. He won in spit of having a broken jaw that has healed badly. He definitely ate a lot of salmon.
He should sleep well this winter.