This image provided by the National Park Service shows bear 128 Grazer at Katmai National Park in Alaska on Sept. 12, 2024.
In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest Tuesday by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer.Bear 128, Grazer, at Katmai National Park in Alaska last month. Grazer won Fat Bear Week by more than 40,000 votes cast by fans watching live cameras.
This is where Grazer's cub died after it slipped over the waterfall and was killed by Chunk, perhaps the most dominant brown bear on the river. Grazer fought Chunk in an effort to save the cub, but it later died. The death was captured on the live cameras.was captured live by the cameras just last week, delaying the release of the tournament bracket for a day.
"Chunk's confidence and aggression paid off, allowing him to feast on 42 salmon in 10 hours," it says. "His physical success is evident in his bulky form."Adult male brown bears typically weigh about 270 to 410 kilograms in mid-summer. By the time they are ready to hibernate after feasting on migrating and spawning salmon — each eats as many as 30 fish per day — large males can weigh well over 454 kilograms. Females are about one-third smaller.
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