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'Backpack' declared Alaska's Fat Bear Week winner

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BBC News – World
“Backpack' declared Alaska's Fat Bear Week winner”

"Backpack" defeated a bear known only as "910" in the final round of the annual competition.

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Al Jazeera English
“Gentle giant Backpack wins Alaska’s Fat Bear Week”

The contest celebrates the resilience of the 2,200 brown bears that live in the preserve on the Alaska Peninsula.

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The Guardian – World
“Backpack edges past Dancing Queen to win the Fat Bear Week title”

Bear known for sitting in solitude won tournament celebrating the animals’ ability to eat large amounts of fish A chunky ursine called Backpack has out gobbled a challenge from an outsized female nicknamed the Dancing Queen to waltz – or rather waddle – off with the Fat Bear Week title at Alaska’s Katmai national park. Backpack, a 20-year-old quiet giant known for sitting in solitude for long periods on his rock on the Brooks river, won by barely 5,000 votes in the public tournament celebrating…

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Notícias ao Minuto
“Backpack vence Fat Bear Week e é coroado o urso mais gordo do Alasca”

O urso-pardo Backpack, que é descrito com "gentil" e tranquilo, foi eleito o campeão da Fat Bear Week (Semana do Urso Gordo, em português), uma competição que acontece desde 2014, no Parque Nacional Katmai, no Alasca, Estados Unidos. De acordo com o The Guardian, Backpack, de 20 anos, superou a ursa Dancing Queen, tendo vencido o prémio de urso mais gordo do Alasca. O urso-pardo, que é conhecido por ficar sentado sozinho numa rocha no rio Brooks durante longos períodos, venceu a competição com…

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