It's Fat Bear Week!
This is the week when literally hundreds of thousands of people watch live bear cams in Katmai National Park and Preserve and vote on the one they think is fattest.
Think of Fat Bear Week as a March Madness meets Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, but for a bracket of 12 brown bears in southwest Alaska’s remote Katmai National Park and Preserve.
It’s a single-elimination tournament where fans vote online for their favorite contenders as they finish beefing up for winter hibernation. The last two units battle in the finals (on the internet, not real life) for the title of Fattest Bear on Fat Bear Tuesday. - Washington Post
Meet the bears, watch the live cam, and start voting at explore.org
Photo: Candice Rusch/explore.org