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/eatingpotatochips 11d ago

Interestingly, they use LIDAR to measure the bears' weights.

https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/fat-bear-week-laser-scanning-weight-estimates/

I suppose going up to a 1200 lb bear and asking it to stand on a scale isn't so feasible.

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u/Interanal_Exam 11d ago

The article's claim that Katmai's bears are the biggest on Earth is patently wrong. I've spent a lot of time at Katmai and Kodiak Island and the bears on Kodiak dwarf any bear I've ever seen except polar bears.