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Fat Bear Champ Crowned Tonight

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Topic poll · all networksHow many calories can a brown bear eat daily before hibernation?

  1. Up to 5,000 calories
  2. Up to 10,000 calories
  3. Up to 20,000 calories
  4. Up to 35,000 calories
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Up to 20,000 calories

Topic poll · all networksWhat makes Fat Bear Week worth following every fall?

  • The bears are just adorable 0%
  • It highlights bear conservation 0%
  • Pure fun escape from hard news 0%
  • The fan rivalry gets intense! 0%

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Bear-watching tourism pumps ~$5M into the Katmai region yearly!

Katmai National Park draws tens of thousands of visitors to Brooks Falls each summer. Fat Bear Week, now pulling over 1 million online votes annually, has turbocharged that economic spotlight on Alaska's remote bear habitat.

Topic poll · all networksWhat triggers a brown bear's delayed embryo to develop?

  1. Enough body fat stored
  2. First snowfall arrives
  3. Drop in water temperature
  4. Length of hibernation
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Enough body fat stored

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