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I'm glad that this was easily sorted and trust in the system restored. I'm too tired to make bear puns

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Most bear puns are grizzly anyway.

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Thank you for stepping up, I had one bruin but it wasn't barely as good as yours.

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Good lord.

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Stop being ursine-ine, you two.

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I would urge [if not already done] to state home location of Fat Bear nominees. After all, those in Pacific NW start with a major advantage in the number of salmon runs they can feed [and pose] at.

Dick Frankel

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Good point! This is an annual contest run by the Katmai National Park, in southwest Alaska. (Other parks on Twitter have pointed out that they believe their bears look fatter/healthier, etc., but the official Fat Bear Contest bears are all in the Katmai National Park.)

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OMG, the footage of 747 trying to climb back up the muddy river bank - that is a FAT BEAR!

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And half-drowning himself falling asleep in the river! He’s definitely ready to sleep it off.

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