Fat Bear Week, a celebration of brown bears’ survival instincts, brought a grisly reminder of the animals’ predatory nature on Monday, when a male bear, 469, killed a female, 402, at Katmai National Park & Preserve in Alaska.
The unsettling scene was captured by a popular live webcam that follows the bears on the Brooks River.
In a statement sent to NPR, the park said, “National parks like Katmai protect not only the wonders of nature, but also the harsh realities. Each bear seen on the webcams is competing with others to survive.”
Chunk looking girthy this year
I’m confused, wasn’t this supposed to happen?
I don’t think they’re supposed to kill eachother
I had no idea bears lived 400+ years.
you made me doubt but:
After the shocking death of 402, the unveiling of the 2024 bracket was delayed from Monday until 7 p.m. ET Tuesday.
they are naming them numbers
I thought it was their weight.
On first reading I breezed right past that, going “Sure, they’re telling me the weights of the bears.”
Some of them also have names. Chunk, Grazer, Otis, etc. Usually just the more popular or well-known bears though. 747 doesn’t have a name though, because his number is an apt description.
If you couldn’t tell, I’m very into Fat Bear Week - my office posts our brackets and we have a trophy for the winner.
What industry are you in that there is professional interest in Fat Bear Week?
Oh it’s not professional, we just all like animals and most of my coworkers already play fantasy football, so this fits in.
Someone brings it up once and others like the idea. It’s no different than how March Madness took over offices 20 years ago.
How do you give the bear their trophy?
How does a bear win?
Last one living
Very carefully.
… Is there a fat bear week community on Lemmy? Can we do this? Is there enough interest to do this?
One of my workplaces likes fantasy football, so I’ve learned to play for free beer, however, this sounds wayyyy better.
Is cannibalism common among bears?
Does this mean 469 will be disqualified from the competition? Killing a competitor seems very unsportsmanlike.
Didn’t 402 win a couple of years ago?
Yeah they did, it’s in the article too
Bear down for midterms!
Too soon.
Fat dog it.
It’s not made up, it’s not made up!
It’s a bear dance!
I can see why they would delay it. They want a fat bear and it’s going to take him some time to eat his rival.
Breaking news. Bear event cancelled due to bears acting… Well like bears.
Being an entire bear being eaten alive by an entire bear must be awful.
I hate people so much. Did they expect bears to follow some kind of code?
Wtf am I getting down voted for?
I think they have to remake the bracket now, so the delay
I do. That code is: get fat, fuck, destroy all opposition
