US EditionChunk, a 1,200-pound bear with a broken jaw, wins Alaska’s popular Fat Bear Week contest
Chunk, a 1,200-pound bear, won Fat Bear Week 2025 with 96,350 votes despite a broken jaw that threatened his ability to feed and survive winter, park officials said.
- A bear named 32 Chunk won the Fat Bear Week contest with 96,362 votes against Bear 856's 63,729 votes, as reported by Katmai National Park.
- Chunk, weighing around 1,200 pounds, won despite having a broken jaw, which was healing.
- Fat Bear Week, an online popularity contest that started in 2014, attracted over 1.5 million votes and showcased the bears' survival during a record salmon run.
- The contest highlights the importance of fat for bears' survival during winter.
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Medved Chanka praised for resilience and adaptability after starting the competition with a broken jaw.
Bear 32, also known as Chunk, has won the Fat Bear Week contest in Katmai National Park, Alaska. He defeated bear 856 in the final round and received almost 33,000 more votes.
Salmon shuffle: Chunk wins Alaska’s Fat Bear Week contest
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after narrowly finishing in second place three previous years.
All hail Chunk, the winner of Fat Bear Week (and our hearts)
Over the last couple of weeks, the internet has been enjoying what is arguably the most wholesome week on the Internet — Fat Bear Week. After a record-breaking week of votes, this year’s winner has been crowned, and the king of Fat Bear Week 2025 is 32 Chunk.For the uninitiated, Fat Bear Week is an annual event held by Explore.org and Katmai National Park in Alaska. Since the inaugural Fat Bear Week in 2014, voters have tuned in and watched as t…
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