Go vote! https://explore.org/fat-bear-week

Congrats to 32 Chunk.

If he'll let go of the fish, the fish can vote as well

eerrp An American in a bear costume... fool me once... and I won't be fooled again.

Forget patriotic. I'm not American but I am a bear lover! I saw a photos of fat Holly and she looked quite endearing. I'm all for endorsing fat bears as it's survival sense for them.

A tidbit of bear biology for anyone interested. During most of the years, bears will eat a lot but stop when they feel full. But as fall rolls around, their off/on switch changes to on constantly. If there's food around, they'll just keep on eating and never reach satiety. If there are abundant salmon spawning, they'll tear the salmon open to get at the fat and nutrient dense eggs or eat the heads since brains are mostly fat.

I wish I could be like a bear and stuff myself silly, then sleep away till spring. Unfortunately, I could eat like that but I'd wake in the middle of the night to see what else there was. Look outside and think "Damn, spring's still 90 days and 6 hours away!"

Now he can sleep through the harsh cold Alaskan winter and still be fat for spring.

Couple a’ real chornkers in there this time ‘round….

well fed