Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska asked people to vote on its Facebook page for their favourite rotund grizzly.
The contest featured 12 brown bears who had grown in size after gorging on salmon as they prepare to hibernate during the winter months.
After more than 187,000 votes, a grandmother bear called Holly was announced as the winner of the contest.
"All hail Holly, whose healthy heft will help her hibernate until the spring," the park said in a Facebook post.
"Long live the Queen of Corpulence!"
Katmai Park ranger Naomi Boak, who managed the competition, said: "She's just a great bear. When she doesn't have cubs, she looks like the Michelin Man."
She's won before! In both 2019 and 2024. Let's go HOLLY! 
@grizzly she's still eligible to have cubs.
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I wonder how fast she can still run
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I'm not sure given that she's about to hibernate but normally 30-35 MPH with the fastest
s topping around 40 MPH.
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I love flashing subtitles in the middle of the screen. What a great way to stimulate my senses and make sure I'm pissed off.
Anyway, I think
@FourthCarvedPumpkin's question was more about how fast such a fat bear can run, since she is +sized even for a bear.
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I don't think anybody has studied this.
If being 50% larger than the average bear means she's 50% slower, she'd be at around 20mph.
I'm guessing she doesn't lose any speed bc she's clearly built different. 40mph
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Everyone who learned the answer to that is dead
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Apart from hunters with high-powered rifles, is there any actual threat to grizzlies? Who exactly is gonna frick up a beast like that?
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14 foot tall giants live the forest, they eat grizzly bears, and people, government doesn't want you to know, it's why homeless people don't live in the woods
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Other grizzly bears, particularly in mating season.
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I feel stupid for not thinking of that tbh
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the bear who killed brianna laundry
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That bear got dq'd for killing another bear earlier I think.
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/01/nx-s1-5134907/fat-bear-week-start-delayed-bear-killed
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Worthless things.
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I do like hunting.
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You just did a heckin genocide
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Snapshots:
A bear compared to the "Michelin Man" has been crowned the winner of a Fat Bear competition that became an internet sensation.:
ghostarchive.org
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archive.ph (click to archive)
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