Meet 'Backpack', the chunky bear who won Fat Bear Week
A bear named 'Backpack' has won the annual Fat Bear Week competition held at Katmai National Park in Alaska. The bear secured the title after receiving over 100,000 votes in an online contest.
Why it matters
Fat Bear Week serves as a popular educational tool for raising awareness about wildlife conservation and the ecosystem of Katmai National Park.
Meet 'Backpack', the chunky bear who won Fat Bear Week Close Backpack has won the annual Fat Bear Week competition after prevailing in what the US National Park Service called a "battle of size, skill, snack acquisition and strategic loafing". The chunky champion narrowly beat Bear 910 by 103,344 votes to 98,253 in the final round of the online contest run by Katmai National Park in Alaska.
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