Fat Bear Week competitor 32 Chunk has a complicated history with 2023 winner Grazer.

Fat Bear Week is a celebration of the brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. It’s typically a time of joy and friendly rivalry among humans cheering on their favorite ursine competitors. Fat Bear Week didn’t start as planned this year. The park and its livestream partner Explore.org delayed the announcement of contestants after a shocking bear-on-bear battle in the Brooks River left one bear dead.

Horrified bear fans watched the battle unfold on a livestream. The fight occurred on Sept. 30, the scheduled day for the Fat Bear Week bracket reveal. The competition is designed a bit like March Madness in NCAA basketball. There’s a lot of hype around the reveal of the contestants, which are........

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