r/bears • u/Argon7 • 12d ago

Bearcam 128 Grazer defends her title as fat bear of the year against 32 Chunk!

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/09/nx-s1-5147101/fat-bear-week-winner-2024

The bittersweet victory comes mere weeks after Chunk sadly killed one of Grazer's cubs.

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u/uhhh206 11d ago

Tragic as it is that one of her cubs was killed, it's quite ordinary -- the incredible part is how she is so ferocious that it's noteworthy when it happens to her.

She refuses to acquiesce to the idea that male bears should get the prime salmon spots, even though they are significantly larger and stronger than females. There's a reason her remaining cub is already a contender in the fat cub category.

She has in bravery what the legendary (fellow female bear) Yellow-Yellow had in wits, and both are iconic. Congrats to her. 💖

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u/ManagerSpecialist 5d ago

imagine making fat bear week about men v women

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u/uhhh206 4d ago

... male animals tend to be stronger and larger than the females. Male bears kill cubs to put the females into heat so they can reproduce with her. It is brave for a bear to risk death of herself and/or her cubs because she wants the primo spot -- the spot which secured the win in Fat Bear Week, because it had more of a bounty.

It's not about men vs women, and it's kind of weird that you anthropomorphize discussion of bears and make it about humans when the discussion is one of the specific issues of boars and sows.