Mama Bear 128 Grazer has been crowned the champion of Fat Bear Week 2023, marking her as the world’s fattest bear for the year.
Fat Bear Week is an annual competition held among bears living in Alaska’s Katmai National Park in the United States.
The goal is to determine which Alaskan brown bear has gained the most weight ahead of winter, as this extra weight is crucial for their survival during hibernation. She faced tough competition from male bear 32 Chunk in the final round, but ultimately won with over four times the number of votes.
WHAT IS HIBERNATION?
Hibernation is a state where animals, including bears, enter a sleep-like state in cozy dens to survive the cold winter months without needing to hunt for food or move to warmer areas. During hibernation, they don’t eat or drink and lower their metabolism to conserve energy.
Bears need to accumulate a significant amount of body fat before hibernation because they can lose up to a third of their body weight during this period. The fatter they are before hibernation, the better they can endure the harsh winter conditions.
very interesting
I loved reading it because, I never knew that maybe chocolate might be gone in the future!
save the chocolate…
I enjoyed this reading because
it show what climate changes does!!
they might have to move most chocolate into a colder place, since the climate clock is getting low
so temperature might get higher.
i love chocolate
I’m allergic to dairy, but this makes me sad for my best friends all around NZ (don’t think it’s weird because I actually do). And my chocolate loving cousin, her name is Dana (I’m from South Korea and she told me how to spell her name in Korean but its not pronounced like Dana).
I know that there are chocolate lovers around the world so, poor them or if you like chocolate poor you (even though I’m allergic to dairy, or to make it easy dairy products: cheese, milk, butter etc).