#vote grazer

[saltwife]

today is the day!!

The time has come to show support for the Queen of the Falls, the HBIC of Brooks River; the one and only 128 GRAZER!! Whereas her opponent started out the season pear-shaped, Grazer returned a skinny sow with two hungry 2.5 year olds in tow.

She then rose to IMMENSE FATNESS while caring for, and even nursing, her giant daughters. I mean, look at this!

She doesn’t even need to sit to look fat AF, unlike some bears.

Look at her! A true, beautiful orb of a bear!! She is at least as fat as Holly, and she did it all while looking out for her girls, not just for herself. No bear works as hard as Grazer, and no bear can boast her gains! Today, my friends, I implore you to go to https://explore.org/fat-bear-week and VOTE GRAZER! Voting is open until 9pm EST!

#fat bear week #fat bears #brown bears #grizzly bears #grazer #vote grazer #or she might push you off a cliff

[caseyscraftycorner]

Grazer is super fun to draw, so here, have some Grazer propaganda!!

#vote grazer #fat bear week #FBW #katmai bears #katmai national park #pixel art #aseprite #bear #bears

[beartoebeans]

The Fat Bear Week 2022 bracket is up!!!! The tournament runs from Oct 5-11, and voting every day is open between 12-9pm Eastern time / 9am-6pm Pacific time / 5pm-2am London time.

VOTE when voting's open / read about the contestants

#fat bear week 2022 #fat bear week #bears #brown bears #wildlife #??? is there even a tumblr-wide tag for fbw. truly i have no idea #my post #GET HYPE !!!!!!!! #and VOTE FOR 128 GRAZER

[libraryspectre]

Grazer and her perfect little blonde ears have got it this year

#fat bear week 2023 #i love grazer im glad shes finally getting a championship #that being said that pic of holly the year she won #there has never BEEN a fatter bear #so i didnt feel too bad voting against holly i know shes had her recognition

[lewvithur]

grazer is so rotund. you can't even see her belly under the water

#bzz bzz #fat bear week #vote 128 grazer!

[yandere-daydreams]

consider this your annual, not-yandere-related reminder to vote in this year's fat bear week finale!!! it's come down to Bear Force One (747) and Mrs. Fluffy Grams herself (901) and boy, those bears sure are fat this year :D

#i was planning on bullying y'all into voting for grazer #but she got knocked off in the semifinals so uh #life is meaningless i guess #anyway!!!! #vote for some bears #daytime daydreams #personal

[bansheesofinisherin2022]

had to vote against my beloved otis 480 at today’s fat bear week poll.... i’m so sorry, my baby, but 901 was simply fatter this year....

#p #crying screaming throwing up #at least i could vote for grazer #feeling like i betrayed him 😭 #fbw22

[oysters-aint-for-me]

ATTENTION i have some EXTREMTLY important news about Fat Bears

🐻🐻🐻🐻

you guys know about fat bear week, right? every year, after the local brown bears have beefed up on salmon over the summer, katmai national park in alaska hosts Fat Bear Week—not the most scientific competition, where viewers just vote on which bear LOOKS fattest (because really, how are they gonna weigh them) but it’s hella fun anyway. the bears have great names. 32 chunk, 747 (aka Bear Force One), Otis, the Grazer Gang (vicious mama Grazer and her two equally vicious cubs), etc.

so by now, the bears have come out of hibernation, and we’re seeing our old faves, grazer and otis and chunk, etc. BUT also the best part of the bears coming back is getting to see the new “coys”—cubs of the year. usually mama bears have one or two cubs at a time. sometimes three.

guys. this year one of the bears has FOUR coys. FOUR. that’s pretty fucking rare and it’s the cutest fucking thing in the world and it’s the only thing keeping me fucking sane right now

LOOK AT THEM

HOLY SHIT????

THIS IS LITERALLY A CARTOON WHAT IS HAPPENING

if you wanna watch the bears live (very amusing highly recommend) then visit explore dot org! they have tons of nature/wildlife cams aside from the fat bears (but the fat bears are the best)

(middle photo was taken by a park ranger—general disclaimer, don’t bother or approach bears if you see any in the wild!)

#bears #brown bears #katmai national park #fat bear week

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

the winner of the katmai np / explore.com 2023 fat bear contest

Grazer ( bear 128 ) ♥

the new queen of katmai

there were almost 1.4 million votes cast during fat bear week.

that is a lot of bear love.

Bear Cam   link

via   explore.org

[saltwife]

I saw this post on the facebox today, and I really couldn’t have said it better myself.

#fat bear week #brown bears #grazer #grizzly bears #it looks like she will win today but she still needs your support on Monday! #vote grazer #bears

[neat-deadandlive-things]

IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!

Fat bear week starts tomorrow. Who will be crowned the fattest bear, and send all the others to their winter dens to dream of a fatter tomorrow?

Will it be reigning 4 time winner Otis? 

Our fuzzy eared Grazer? Who managed to keep her rotund figure while also feeding her two 2 year old cubs all summer? (Who almost won Fat Bear Junior this year themselves!)

Walker? Who earned the nickname “waddler” last year for good reason!

Super Mom, Holly!

Will beefy 747 (who lost in the last round in 2021) take the crown?

Will fat bear junior champion Cub 909 win above her weight class?

Or will it be one of the others? All fat and round in their own rights!

32 Chunk, 164, 335, 854, 856, or 901?

 https://explore.org/meet-the-bears

It’s fat bear week 2022! Who are you voting for?

#fat bear week #katmai national park #bears #wildlife #ecology

[beartoebeans]

Why should I vote 128 GRAZER in Fat Bear Week 2022?

So glad you asked!

She's a giant, firstly. An absolute balloon of a bear. Gaze upon her hibernation bod:

Truly worthy of the title. Compare to June of this year:

Grazer is second from the left; her cubs are to the right of her. They all look like different bears when looked at next to their fall selves. They've worked their giant butts off to get to where they are. Incidentally, that's a screenshot from a clip titled "128 Catches Two Fish at Once". She is a phenomenally skilled fisherbear who's taught those skills to her cubs, so that they too can be successful adults someday.

Consider also that Grazer is the only mother bear in the bracket. While every other contestant has only had to fatten themselves up, Grazer has been nursing her giant 2.5-year-old cubs (transfer of fat from her to her cubs; it would be for any animal, but bear milk is especially high in fat), allowing her cubs to share her fish (again losing out on fat in order to fatten her cubs), and defending her family in true Grazer style (burning calories, and thus fat). Her cubs have begun to catch their own fish after watching such a skilled mother, which has lessened her burden, but the fact remains that Grazer has been fattening up two other bears in addition to herself this year. And oh, boy, are they fat:

Family naptime, with one of her cubs standing up on the left. They both look like Grazer if you put her through a low-powered shrinkray.

To sum up, Grazer has achieved peak fall bear bod, as good as anyone else's on the bracket (look at her, y'all. what a round bear), while giving away a lot of fat to her family. She has therefore gathered more fat than anyone.

If that's not enough for you, maybe her personality will win you over. She is the fiercest and most defensive mother bear on the entire river. Check out this video: here. Mike Fitz, a former ranger still involved with bearcam (a livestream where the FBW bears can be seen during the summer), chose memorable moments to highlight for the 10th anniversary of bearcam. He seems to have thought, "Really, Grazer's entire personality is a memorable moment." And, honestly? Accurate.

Personally I will never forget that time 747, most dominant bear at the time, snuck up on another male bear in her vicinity and she charged in to shut the whole thing down. After yelling at the other bear, all she had to do was glare at 747 and take a few pointed steps in his direction, and he slunk off, intimidated. (She got involved because bears fighting in the area is dangerous for cubs, since they can get caught in the crossfire and killed. If other bears have to be around cubs, the safest environment for them is a peaceful one.) Video link!

Or the time she went for 856, an absolute giant, also the dominant bear that year and known to bears and humans alike for his bad temper:

Look at her, she's like half his size. She doesn't give a shit. All to make sure her nearby cubs were safe.

She has a similar attitude when it comes to gaining access to fishing spots for herself and her cubs. She doesn't go straight to charging in and roaring, but she will approach anyone in her spot and make it known that she wants it, and whoever is there had better make way so her cubs can eat. She's made her reputation this way, and other bears often just go ahead and leave whenever she shows up to fish. She and her cubs grow into giant blimps every year off this tactic.

The top of the dominance hierarchy is typically full of male bears, but there are a few female bears that can achieve situational dominance. When Grazer has cubs, she and her family are right at the top. (Although she is smart, too, and knows when it's probably not worth it, which is what makes her dominance only situational.)

When there's no danger and no competition, however, she and her family can be very sweet. Here are some videos: 1, 2

Also, if this matters, 151 Walker, her competition in her first round, is scared to death of her.

So remember: Vote 128 Grazer for Fat Bear Week champion 2022! The queen deserves her crown.

#fat bear week #fat bear week 2022 #bears #brown bears #grazer #EDITED so the grazer vs 747 video link is correct #me sending the fbw link to everyone i know today yelling VOTE FOR GRAZER #everyone already knowing exactly who i mean and what the voting is for #my brother forgot fat bear jr until we were in the car that thursday and i was like 'ill enter your email for you! just look at the photos #and say who you want to vote for real fast' #and he was like 'i dont care just vote for grazers cubs' #ive never been so proud honestly. wipes away single tear #my post

[legalizegoblins]

VOTE GRAZER IN THE FAT BEAR WEEK FINALS!!!

#bears #bear cam #brown bears #fat bear week #128 grazer

[focsle]

Everyone better vote for my ferocious queen Grazer.

#she’s my fav bear I love her lol

[astrabear]

I hope you have all been doing your civic duty and voting in Fat Bear Week. (It's only Day 2, not too late to get started!)

I think this year I'm going to put my own fat bear weight behind 128 Grazer. She did such a good job fattening up! She is so round!

#fat bear week #what a life

[borgeslabyrinth]

FBW FINALE! It's all been leading to this point, folks! 128 Grazer against 32 Chunk!

Vote here!

#fat bear week #bears #katmai national park #128 grazer #32 chunk