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Coral Murphy Marcos

Eat salmon, win prizes: Fat Bear Week begins in Alaska’s Katmai national park

Fat bear
Grazer, a female bear and the two-time defending champion in the competition, in this picture from September last year. Photograph: M Carenza/AP

It’s that time of year again, when audiences turn to a welcome distraction from the heavy news cycle: Katmai national park and preserve in southern Alaska is celebrating its fattest brown bears.

The park is set to kick off its annual Fat Bear Week on Tuesday, an online competition where the public votes for the park’s fattest brown bear.

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