This Fat Bear Week, take a look at the scientific reasons bears need to bulk up : Short Wave

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It's one of the Short Wave team's favorite times of the year: Fat Bear Week! The week celebrates the annual quest of bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve to pack on as many pounds as possible before hitting the hibernation sack. Throughout the week, ranger-selected brown bears are entered into an online, bracket-style tournament to see which will be proclaimed champion.

Fat Bear Week is the brain child of former park ranger Mike Fitz. With the help of other rangers, he held the first competition in 2014 as a one-day event: Fat Bear Tuesday. The event was so popular on social media that Fitz turned it into a whole week the following year.