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Alaska’s Fat Bear Week is more than a bit of fun – for the animals, size is a matter of survival

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par Antonio Uzal, Associate Professor of Conservation Biology, Nottingham Trent University

The most gripping week of the bear calendar has arrived. The Fat Bear Week is an annual online competition hosted by Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. This event, which began in 2014 as a one-day celebration, has since grown into a phenomenon among bear enthusiasts worldwide.

Bears are paired in single elimination match ups where people can read their biographies, look at their pictures and vote based on which bear “exemplifies fatness and success”, so it is not all about their size, but also about their…

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