By Dean Murray

Hold onto your fish, Fat Bear Week is back.

The much-loved contest pits the brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park & Preserve against each other as they bulk up for winter hibernation.

The US National Park Service (NPS) launched this season's competition on Friday (Sep 5) by highlighting some previous year's winners.

The winner of Fat Bear Week 2024 was Grazer, a mother bear who successfully defended her title for the second consecutive year.

She received over 71,000 votes, more than double the votes of her closest rival, a male bear named Chunk.

NPS said: "Big, bold, and bear-y round: a fat bear champ will soon be crowned!

"This is how legends are made. Fat Bear Week , the ultimate bracket competition where the public votes for the bear that achieves

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