Summary
A brown bear named Backpack won Alaska's yearly Fat Bear Week contest by gaining the most weight before hibernation. The contest, run by Katmai National Park, celebrates bears preparing for winter by eating enough to survive months without food.Key Facts
- Backpack won Fat Bear Week with 103,344 votes, narrowly beating another bear named 910, who got 98,253 votes.
- Fat Bear Week is in its 13th year and is organized by Katmai National Park in Alaska.
- Bears gain weight by eating a lot, especially salmon, from June to October before hibernation.
- During hibernation, bears do not eat or drink and lose about one-third of their body weight.
- Adult male brown bears average around 408 kilograms in summer and can get heavier by autumn; the largest can weigh over 540 kilograms.
- Female bears usually weigh less but can still be over 300 kilograms.
- Backpack is named for climbing on his mother’s back as a cub and is now ready to hibernate.
- Last year, over 1.7 million votes were cast in the contest from more than 100 countries.
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