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Fat Bear Week: Race is on for Alaska's bulkiest bear
Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve is one of the wildest, least developed national parks in the US, allowing an untrammeled natural world to flourish. There, roughly 2,200 brown bears are estimated to live. They hibernate from November in their dens without eating, drinking, or passing urine or feces for a half year. When they emerge from their hibernation in spring, they are very weary and thin. Then they start hunting enormous amounts of food to build fat to go through the next hibernation.
Fat Bear Week, which occurs around the first week of October each year, is an online event organized by the Park Service and wildlife live streamers explore.org. The event shows how the region's brown bears have fared after months of devouring 4,500-calorie sockeye salmon. Park rangers create a March-Madness style bracket pitting individual bears against each other. The public then votes to see who will advance each round. Fat Bear Week also teaches onlookers how North American brown bears prepare for the winter - by getting fat to survive. This year’s winner will be announced today.
Enjoy reading the article and learn about how Alaskan bears prepare for the harsh and severe winter.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63125242
Fat Bear Week: Race is on for Alaska's bulkiest bear
Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve is one of the wildest, least developed national parks in the US, allowing an untrammeled natural world to flourish. There, roughly 2,200 brown bears are estimated to live. They hibernate from November in their dens without eating, drinking, or passing urine or feces for a half year. When they emerge from their hibernation in spring, they are very weary and thin. Then they start hunting enormous amounts of food to build fat to go through the next hibernation.
Fat Bear Week, which occurs around the first week of October each year, is an online event organized by the Park Service and wildlife live streamers explore.org. The event shows how the region's brown bears have fared after months of devouring 4,500-calorie sockeye salmon. Park rangers create a March-Madness style bracket pitting individual bears against each other. The public then votes to see who will advance each round. Fat Bear Week also teaches onlookers how North American brown bears prepare for the winter - by getting fat to survive. This year’s winner will be announced today.
Enjoy reading the article and learn about how Alaskan bears prepare for the harsh and severe winter.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63125242
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