After an online cheating scandal disrupted the semifinals, a winner was announced Tuesday night in the park's annual Fat Bear Week contest.
By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN There's a new champion brown bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park & Preserve.The Twitter announcement hit at 9 p.m. ET and excitedly announced:"THIS 747 IS CLEARED FOR LANDING. Introducing your 2022 Fat Bear Week champion."Few bears ever reach 747's girth, according to his online profile on Explore.org, the organization that runs the contest.
"This is a lifelong process for brown bears, but it is particularly important for young adult females. Bear 901 may soon experience a new challenge: raising cubs." "A Fat Bear Week scandal for the ages. Someone stuffed the ballot box!," Explore.org said on Twitter on Sunday evening. The fake votes were discarded, and previous days' votes were reviewed. In the end, 747 prevailed over 435 Holly.
All 12 heavyweights in the 2022 contest had been in training for the big event since emerging from hibernation, foraging on all the salmon and other food nature provides at this park in coastal southwest Alaska.
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