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Animal news: Who’s the fattest of the Fat Bears?

Posted on October 2, 2026 by Naomi

Backpack! That’s his name. He’s a brown bear who was a candidate in the 2026 Alaska Fattest Bear competition. I’m not going to copy and paste in a compelling photo of Backpack from the New York Times, lest I get … Continue reading →

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Animal news: It’s Fat Bear Contest Week and we have a winner!

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Naomi

Yep, we do. Well, actually they do. Most of us (the “we”) were probably not fat bear voters, I’d guess because most of us have never personally known a fat brown bear and were ignorant of the election date. This … Continue reading →

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