'32 Chunk' is 2025's 'Fat Bear Week' winner

From a dozen to just one: Scarred “32 Chunk” was crowned the fat bear champion of Alaska’s Brooks River, organizers announced Tuesday

From a dozen to just one: Scarred “32 Chunk” was crowned the fat bear champion of Alaska’s Brooks River, organizers announced Tuesday.

The annual competition drew in tens of thousands of votes and lasted a week.

Chunk beat out rival bear "856" in the final polling, 96,350 votes to 63,725, the organization that runs the livestream cameras at the Katmai National Park and Preserve said.

"Chunk the Hunk. The Chunkster. 32 Chunk," the organization, Explore, posted on X. "All hail the new king of Brooks River."

Fat Bear Week, a competition that began in 2014, opened for voting on Sept. 23 with 12 contenders.