00:01online voting has begun for fat bear week the annual contest that pits the giant bears of
00:08katamai national park and preserve against each other for the title of the most oversized bear
00:14last year's 544 kilo winner chunk known officially as bear 32 is hungry to retain his victory
00:23this year it's it's i think it's pretty tough to predict i mean there's a few
00:28bears that are larger than others but it's not necessarily about body mass alone it's it's we
00:36want people to consider the bear stories as well because getting fat means different for a big adult
00:41male who's maybe trying to dominate access to the best fishing spots at brooks falls the contest
00:48celebrates the resilience of the 2200 brown bears that live in the preserve on the alaska peninsula
00:55extending towards the aleutian islands fat bear week was started in 2014 as an interactive way to
01:02inform the public about brown bears the coastal cousins of grizzlies
