(NEXSTAR) – Fat Bear Week is off to a violent start this year. The scheduled reveal of the bracket and all the chunky contestants was pushed back by a day after one bear, No. 469, attacked and killed another bear, No. 402, Monday morning.
The attack was seen live on webcams at Katmai National Park, the Park Service said.
The Alaska national park puts on Fat Bear Week annually as a way to raise awareness about the 2,200-pound brown bears that live in the park. Every year, they gorge themselves on salmon, rapidly putting on pounds to prepare for the long, cold winter.
A brown bear snags a sockeye salmon in mid-air on August 11, 2023 at Brooks Falls, Alaska within the Katmai National Park and Preserve. The bears feast in large numbers at the falls between July and September, as millions of salmon swim........