ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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.
Grazer beat Chunk by more than 40,000 votes cast by fans watching live cameras atexplore.org of Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve.Fans cast votes online for their favorite chunky competitor in tournament-style brackets that begins with 12 bears. They picked the bear they believe best exemplifies winter preparedness by the fat they have accumulated over the summer feeding on the sockeye salmon that return to Brooks River.
Her fearlessness and strength have earned her respect, with most bears avoiding confrontation,' it says.Her other surviving cub from her third litter placed second two weeks ago in the Fat Bear Junior contest.Chunk is perhaps the largest bear on the river, with narrow-set eyes, dark brown fur and a distinctive scar across his muzzle, his bio says. He used his size to rise to the top of the river hierarchy this year and secured the prime fishing spots.
Beats The Behemoth That Killed Her Cub To Win Alaska's Fat Bear Contest
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