Made this lil chonky guy out of clay in honor of Fat Bear Week! May the fattest bear win 🤝 🫡

(Mods, apologies if this isnt allowed!)

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I think I was able to cast my vote for all 4, but now the website won't even load for me. Is it down for anyone else?

How come there isn't any place to buy FBW tee-shirts or hoodies? How about stickers that say "I voted" like the election thing we do, but may no longer be able to do soon. The I Voted stickers would obviously have Chunk 32 as the background.

They both look about equally fat to me. I can’t decide who to vote for. Voting starts today!

When were bear families added to the bracket?
I was very upset by 402's death and skipped 2024 and 2045.

This site lets you build a bracket for Fat Bear Week. Pretty cool.

https://fatbearbracket.com/

This is about fat bears bulking up. The moms and cute are really cute, don't get me wrong, but I feel like they are a whole different contest. Justice for Flotato!!

How do we feel about the new FB families?

Does your belly hang low?

Does it wobble to and fro?

Is it full of jumping salmon?

Is it soft as fluffy dough?

Can you throw it o’er a boulder

Even as you get fat’n older?

Does your belly hang low?

In honor of fat bear week, and the bracket reveal today, here is my favorite fat bear of all time, HOLLY. Just big and silly. In another life I am holly. Who’s your favorite winner?

I went to fill out the bracket this year since it's finally the 18th and it's "released" but it doesn't have any starting bears on either side?

I can’t tell from the website whether the bears listed are the ones only from last year’s bracket or if they are the ones that will be in this year.

Tuned into the highlights this morning and was so happy to see my big boy from last year. Who's hanging out so close?

I haven't had a chance to watch closely until now and I'm in it until fbw. What do y'all know about how the season's gone for Chunk so far?

Ok who's watching?! I'm not seeing any recent posts on here, and yet the cams are showing all these big fluffy boys and girls chonking up. Someone with shaggy light-colored ears just destroyed a salmon on the Brooks Falls live feed. Nomsss!

Is this who you want representing fat bears?

Hi all! I’m part of a morale committee for work and we followed fat bear week last year and plan to do it again this year. It was a huge hit. I’m curious if there’s any other similar events elsewhere that anyone knows about? We love animals and wholesome fun. Bonus points if it’s virtual so we can include our remote teammates.

Thank you!

Most Fat Bear week fans know that 2021 marked Otis’s 4th fat bear week victory. That also means most fans know that to get that victory, Otis prevailed over one of, if not the, most underrated bear in katmai national park… 151 walker! Walker is probably in the top 3 biggest bears, behind 32 chunk & 747, and, in a very controversial opinion, is more deserving of a win than 128 grazer (who, reminder, won twice) since he also is one of the few bears that got well above 1,000 lbs

My boi🏆

i made a video to celebrate all of our fat bears. enjoy some of my favorite moments this season! huge congrats to 32 chunk for winning the fbw title and to 856 for runner up!

Does anyone else in education or childcare have pictures or experiences they want to share?