Fans of the tubby bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve cast more than 1.3 million votes in this year’s contest.
Bear 128, Grazer, was voted the 2023 Fat Bear Week champion. Bear 128, known as Grazer, became a first-time champion of the competition hosted annually by the National Park Service that features the brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve as they gorge themselves on salmon in preparation for winter. Grazer received more than 108,000 votes in the final round against Bear 32, known as Chunk, who garnered a little more than 23,000 votes.to crown biggest bruin in Katmai.
On the other end of the bracket, Chunk, who was first identified in the park in 2007, blasted past the competition by beating out one of the spring cubs from the Fat Bear Jr. competition as well as Bear 901, an adult female who returned to Brooks Falls with three cubs this year. But in the end, “Chunk got Grazered,” the park wrote in a social media
Bear 32, Chunk, was one of the favorites in the 2023 Fat Bear Week bracket but ultimately lost to Bear 128, Grazer, in the final round of voting.
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