Backpack edges past Dancing Queen to win the Fat Bear Week title
Summary
A large brown bear named Backpack won the 2024 Fat Bear Week competition at Alaska’s Katmai National Park. The event celebrates bears gaining weight before winter, and Backpack narrowly beat another bear called Dancing Queen in a public vote.Key Facts
- Backpack is a 20-year-old brown bear in Katmai National Park.
- The competition highlights the bears' weight gain from eating salmon before hibernation.
- More than 2.3 million votes were cast online during the contest.
- Backpack won by about 5,000 votes over Dancing Queen in the final round.
- Backpack’s mother, Holly, also won the contest in 2017.
- The contest involves 16 bears competing in head-to-head matchups judged by public votes.
- Backpack weighs about 1,200 pounds (544 kilograms) and is well-known through live cameras.
- Dancing Queen is known for her unique head movements while fishing and is also the offspring of a past winner.
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