This Fat Bear Week glow up is such an inspiration

Welcome to Fat Bear Week at Mashable! Each fall, Katmai National Park holds a competition as Alaska’s brown bears finish fattening up for their long winter hibernation. This year, Mashable is getting in on the salmon-munching action. Check back with us all week as we follow the fat bear face-offs each day, and remember to get your votes in for each round. Happy fishing! 

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Fat Bear Week continues with some stiff competition, but it seems like the internet has already crowned its fan favorite. 

Please take a moment to appreciate Bear 409, also known as Beadnose, whose pre-hibernation transformation can only be described as thiccer than a Snicker.  Read more...

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