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submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest Tuesday by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer.

Grazer beat Chunk by more than 40,000 votes cast by fans watching live cameras of Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve.

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[-] frickineh@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Oh motherfucker. Had I known, I would've picked Grazer to win instead of Chunk on my bracket even though Chunk is objectively massive.

[-] aubertlone@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Great story. I try not to apply human emotions to animals, but damn looks like bears at least are perfectly capable of holding on to a grudge.

Good for the mama bear

[-] tyler@programming.dev 30 points 2 years ago

The mama bear didn’t kill the bear that killed her cub. The mama bear won the contest. The headline is terribly worded.

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

But I'm pretty sure a bear was killed around the contest right? I swear my wife watched some tiktoks or whatever about the fat bear contest being postponed because one of the contestants mauled another one on camera and killed it.

[-] thebigslime@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The day before the competition was to begin a sow, 402, was killed by a boar, 469, orphaning her 1.5 year old cub. 32 Chunk stole 402's remains from 469.

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Good gods. Is this some dystopian soap opera?

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Nah. It's just bears.

this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2024
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