Chunk, the 1,200-Pound Bear, Wins Alaska’s Fat Bear Week 2025
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Chunk, a brown bear with a broken jaw, won the 2025 Fat Bear Week contest in Alaska's Katmai National Park, after a record salmon run that provided abundant food for the bears. The online competition, which attracts over 1.5 million votes, highlights the bears' impressive fattening process as they prepare for hibernation, with Chunk emerging as the winner despite previous near misses.
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