ALASKA — It down to the final day of voting for brown bears living along the Brooks River at Katmai National Park & Reserve as they fight to be the fattest in the fourth annual Fat Bear Week.<br />According to ABC 13, park rangers are tracking bears often seen on the explore.org Bear Cam as they stuff their faces in preparation for hibernation in March Madness-style brackets. <br />Alaskan brown bears start packing on the pounds in July. According to the National Park Service, bears enter a state known as hyperphagia where they eat non-stop and can fatten up to four pounds in a single day — so basically a normal 'Murican diet. <br />Some bears can devour dozens of sockeye salmon in one day, with each salmon providing around 4,000 calories. <br />Bears supersize themselves in preparation for hibernation and can lose up to a third of their body fat during the five to eight month slumber.<br />People can watch the big old bears on Katmai's Facebook page and get to vote until October 9, after which the winner will be crowned.
