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Single mother ‘thicker than a bowl of oatmeal' wins Alaska's Fat Bear Week

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“A dominant mother bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve has been crowned Fat Bear Week's queen of corpulence.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Bear 128, nicknamed 'Grazer,' a female bear in Katmai National Park and Preserve, won Fat Bear Week in 2023.
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web search NEUTRAL — (F. Jimenez / Katmai National Park and Preserve). Bear 128, nicknamed 'Grazer,' on Sept."The females look smaller and skinnier at the beginning of the season than the male bears do," said Boak, who th…
https://www.aol.com/news/single-mother-thicker-bowl-oatmeal-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bear 409 was named "Fattest Bear" at Katmai National Park and Preserve on Tuesday. Used with permission from Katmai National Park and Preserve hide caption.
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/10/655937903/alaska-national-par…
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web search NEUTRAL — This was Grazer's first time winning the contest, a feat made easier by the fact that she entered as a single female with no cubs to care for, Felicia Jimenez, a media ranger at Katmai National Park, …
https://abcnews.com/US/fat-bear-week-winner-katmai-national-…
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“Bear 128, nicknamed "Grazer," received 108,321 votes in the final bracket of "Fat Bear Week,"”
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Three independent web search results explicitly state that Bear 128 (Grazer) received 108,321 votes in the final bracket.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bear 128, nicknamed "Grazer," received 108,321 votes in the final bracket of "Fat Bear Week," an annual competition that draws hundreds of thousands of internet users to decide who in Katmai is the fa…
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/si…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bear 128, nicknamed Grazer, got 108,321 votes in the final bracket of Fat Bear Week, an annual competition that draws hundreds of thousands of internet users to decide who in Katmai is the fattest of …
https://www.aol.com/news/single-mother-thicker-bowl-oatmeal-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Grazer garnered an impressive 108,321 votes in the final bracket of the annual competition. Online users from 100 countries cast a total of 1.4 million votes to determine the fattest bear in Katmai.
https://www.analyzingamerica.org/2023/10/701983/
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“Fat Bear Week [is] an annual competition that draws hundreds of thousands of internet users to decide who in Katmai is the fattest of the fat.”
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Wikipedia and official Katmai National Park sources confirm that Fat Bear Week is an annual competition to determine the fattest bear in the park.
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web search NEUTRAL — Fat Bear Week is an annual event held in late September or early October by Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, commemorating the seasonal preparations for winter hibernation made by Alaska p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Bear_Week
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web search NEUTRAL — Fat bears exemplify the richness of Katmai National Park and Bristol Bay, Alaska, a wild region that is home to one of the largest populations of brown bears and the healthiest run of wild sockeye sal…
https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/news/something-big-is-coming-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fat Bear Week is fun to watch, but packing on pounds is serious business for the bears at Katmai National Park.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/national-pa…
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“This year, 1.4 million votes were cast from 100 countries, staff at Katmai said.”
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Multiple sources report that 1.4 million votes were cast from 100 countries in the competition.
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web search NEUTRAL — The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in the wildly popular annual online voting contest known as Fat Bear Week.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/video-alaskas-brawny-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fat Bear Week doesn’t officially start at Katmai National Park and Preserve until Oct.Females are about one-third smaller. The adult contestants for the Fat Bear Week tournament will be announced Sept…
https://www.wvnstv.com/outdoors-wildlife/photos-alaskas-fat-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fat Bear Week started in 2014 thanks to Mike Fitz, a former ranger at the four-million-acre park. Back then, the event just took place over the course of the day. It was so well-received that the comp…
https://au.news.yahoo.com/fat-bear-week-coming-competition-1…
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“Grazer, an adult who stayed single this season, beat Chunk by 85,187 votes”
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Web search results confirm Grazer defeated Chunk by 85,187 votes. One source specifically mentions she was a single female this season.
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web search NEUTRAL — Grazer, an adult who stayed single this season, beat Chunk by 85,187 votes, proving that 2023 is the year of the sow. “The gutsy girl grounded the guy with a gut.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/si…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fat Bear Week is an online, bracket-style tournament that celebrates the brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Each year, fans vote on head-to-head matchups between 12 bears in t…
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/highly-defensive-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — Grazer won her second Fat Bear Week contest on Tuesday by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer.Grazer beat Chunk by more than 40,000 votes cast by fans watching live cameras at …
https://www.ktnv.com/science-and-tech/animals-and-insects/ma…
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“Grazer, an 18-year-old with blond ears and light brown fur”
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Multiple sources describe Grazer as having blond ears and light brown fur, and one source explicitly identifies her as 18 years old.
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web search NEUTRAL — Grazer, an 18-year-old with blond ears and light brown fur, is renowned for her dominance. So much so that even the most alpha male bears on the river give her a wide berth. Read the full story on NBC…
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/si…
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web search NEUTRAL — If you've spent any time on bear cam the last two years you will hear a lot about 128 Grazer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seIIUmzGE2k
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web search NEUTRAL — Identification 128 Grazer is a large adult female with a long straight muzzle and conspicuously large blond ears. During late summer and fall, she has grizzled, light brown fur and is often one of the…
https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/fat-bear-week-2021.htm
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