Fat Bear Week

[Shredhead]

You know what is a real bummer and missed opportunity in human history? That we never domesticated bears.

Id take a bear over a dog any day.

Can you imagine riding your Mtb with a bear.
No Jane Hathaway types, telling you to put a leash on him.

[Harry]

Today’s Round 3 finds 856 facing off against newcomer 504.

856 is a big old bear who spent over a decade as the most aggressively dominant bear at this location. But he is getting old and pushed around by the younger crowd.

504 is an aggressive mama with cubs who does not take shit from aggressive males. This is her first appearance at Fat Bear Week.

Can age and treachery defeat youth and vigor? Age old question…

[dan_pdx]

Can you imagine riding your Mtb with a bear.
No Jane Hathaway types, telling you to put a leash on him.

Your son needs a helmet! ... And a haircut!

[BmillsSkier]

Can you imagine riding your Mtb with a bear.
No Jane Hathaway types, telling you to put a leash on him.

Fake pic, there’s no bottle of Popov Vodka in his paw.

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Fat Bear week thrown into chaos after cameras livestream killing

Annual popularity contest in Alaska takes dark turn as male animal seen attacking female




Grazer, the winner of last year’s Fat Bear competition F. Jimenez/National Park Service via AP, File


Alaska’s annual Fat Bear Week contest got off to a delayed start because a female participant known as Bear 402, was killed by a male during a livestreamed fight.
Cameras set up in the park to capture footage of the bears recorded the killing on Monday.
The contest, which is in its tenth year, celebrates the resiliency of the 2,200 brown bears that live in the preserve on the Alaska Peninsula. It allows the public to vote for its favourite “fat bears” from a shortlist.
“National parks like Katmai protect not only the wonders of nature, but also the harsh realities,” Matt Johnson, park spokesman said in a statement. “Each bear seen on the webcams is competing with others to survive.”
The nonprofit http://explore.org, which streams the uncensored bear footage and helps organise Fat Bear Week, hosted a live conversation about the death on Monday. Sarah Bruce, a Katmai National Park ranger, said it was not known why the bears started fighting.
“We love to celebrate the success of bears with full stomachs and ample body fat, but the ferocity of bears is real,” said Mike Fitz, explore.org’s resident naturalist. “The risks that they face are real. Their lives can be hard, and their deaths can be painful.”




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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-ne...tream-killing/

[Harry]

^^ old news JONG.

This bears behaving badly incident was covered 3 days ago in this thread.

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Call the fucking ski-police. I don't give a fuck.

[Harry]

Calm down Beavis.

We will be skiing in a few weeks. Right now it’s all about fat bears. Enjoy.

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Some new shit has come to light, bro. My Telegraph link is datelined 10/3 and explains everything!

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[XXX-er]

Last year they were coming into town looking for food cuz of the weather & a failed berry crop, I had to cam-strap my garbage bin to the carport but the bear situ has been pretty good this year