As part of the park’s annual Fat Bear Week, the oversized ursines are pitted against each other in online popularity contests, where fans from around the world vote for the bear they like best. After one week of voting, bears competed against each other until only two challengers remained – numbers 856 and 32. Beyond the fun of selecting a chubby champion, Fat Bear Week is also an opportunity to educate people about brown bears and their habitat in Alaska. As Katmai’s website notes, “fat bears are successful bears,” so it’s safe to say all the park’s brown bears are winners. Chunk will now have his photo added to the Fat Bear Week Hall of Champions, where previous winners are honored for their achievements.