TEXAS, USA — Hot on the heels of Alaska's Fat Bear Week , Texas communities are going a little nuts for their own twist on the competition.

The inaugural Fat Squirrel Week, run by Texas Parks and Wildlife , just concluded and named Chunkosaurus Rex the first ever winner.

The nutty competition pit 16 hefty squirrels against each other in a March Madness-style bushy-tailed bracket to find the fattest squirrel in Texas.

"Despite his size, Chunk moves surprisingly fast when a bag of trail mix hits the ground," the Dinosaur Valley State Park wrote in their entry to the contest. "He's a park favorite, a local legend and the undisputed mascot of Texas Fat Squirrel Week - proving that when it comes to snack and charm, bigger really is better."

The contest was tail and tail for some time

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