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Fat Bear Week is here early, and the bears are fat and playful

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  1. Fiachra
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    I've put the house and the wife and kids on the outcome of this, so hopefully the disgraceful cheating scandal that tarnished last year's contest is over and done with.

    I've put the house and the wife and kids on the outcome of this, so hopefully the disgraceful cheating scandal that tarnished last year's contest is over and done with.

    8 votes
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    Akir
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    As a fat bear myself, I was very disappointed in this article.

    As a fat bear myself, I was very disappointed in this article.

    8 votes
    1. kfwyre
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      There’s nothing stopping us from joining the celebration in solidarity! Also, maybe Lazy Bear Week is more your speed?

      There’s nothing stopping us from joining the celebration in solidarity!

      Also, maybe Lazy Bear Week is more your speed?

      8 votes
    2. DefinitelyNotAFae
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      Happy to support you during the week if you're going on a salmon binge

      Happy to support you during the week if you're going on a salmon binge

      7 votes
    3. teaearlgraycold
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      I thought this might be about a group in San Francisco at first glance.

      I thought this might be about a group in San Francisco at first glance.

      4 votes
  3. DefinitelyNotAFae
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    chants Fat. Bear. Week. Fat. Bear. Week. Fat! Bear! Week! Gotta go pick my favorite to win now. As always RIP Otis, who's still Fat Bearing it in the Great Beyond.

    chants Fat. Bear. Week. Fat. Bear. Week. Fat! Bear! Week!

    Gotta go pick my favorite to win now.

    As always RIP Otis, who's still Fat Bearing it in the Great Beyond.

    7 votes
  4. feanne
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    Katmai National Park has a bear cam livestream on youtube.

    Fat Bear Week, when people get to pick their favorite Alaskan brown bear bulking up for hibernation, is coming early this year. The annual online competition that normally starts in early October will instead start on Sept. 23. Katmai National Park and Preserve officials say the bears are magnificently plump ahead of the tournament.

    "This year's salmon run was extraordinary, with salmon numbers surpassing anything seen in recent memory," Matt Johnson, the park's interpretation program manager, told NPR via email. "As a result, the brown bears of Katmai are well-nourished and looking for other things to do besides scrap[p]ing with each other for food."

    Katmai National Park has a bear cam livestream on youtube.

    6 votes