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If the contest was for most weight gained compared to where they started i think Otis would be a very strong contender. But alas, mass is what counts and he just didn't put as much on this year.
...isn't that what it is? That's why the before photos are there.
Well I was under the impression it was strictly the fattest bear clearly lol. I assumed the before photos were just so we could marvel at just how much weight they put on.
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
I’m disappointed in Holly. I think she could have packed on a few more pounds before winter was over.
Well. With a profile picture like that, can you blame people if people are in awe of Grazers fatness?
I'm hoping that Grazer takes it all the way this year. She's been a contender for years now, she's brought four wonderful cubs to this world. Now is the perfect season.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Well. With a profile picture like that, can you blame people if people are in awe of Grazers fatness?
I'm hoping that Grazer takes it all the way this year. She's been a contender for years now, she's brought four wonderful cubs to this world. Now is the perfect season.
I can't blame them at all, I voted for Grazer and she is my pick to go all the way (I think . . . It'll be tough to go against Holly, who is my fave adult female and who is just as fat IMO). I was just surprised that its so one sided.
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Holly will be so disappointed if she doesn’t win.
Fortunately I know the perfect place to scratch her butt that always cheers her up.
Chunk vs Grazer was the matchup i predicted as soon as the bracket was revealed, but wow, i did not expect the absolute dominance Grazer has displayed. I dont think Chunk stands a chance tomorrow.
Pour one out for Holly though. I voted for her because on the cams she has looked about as fat as Grazer, and shes my favorite adult female. But yeah, i knew that no one was stopping the Graze-Train.
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Obviously a joke, but I can't help but be that guy. . .
He's not actually named after an airplane. He got that number randomly as a scrawny little subadult, and just happened to grow up to be the biggest bear on the river (most years, this year it was 32 Chunk, IMO).
Today's bracket was the only one i really struggled with. Chunk is a damn big boy, but Grazer is positively round. In the end i went with Grazer and was shocked after i could see the votes so far. I expected it to be pretty close, but it is an absolute blowout.
Sleeping for that long must be amazing. First, imagine how refreshed you get waking up after that amount of time. And second, imagine how good that first bathroom trip must feel lol.
Sleeping for that long must be amazing. First, imagine how refreshed you get waking up after that amount of time. And second, imagine how good that first bathroom trip must feel lol.
If bears are anything to judge by it's not great.
1. Bears build up a fecal plug. Like the worst possible constipation ever.
2. Hibernation is not sleep. They wake up disoriented, grumpy, metabolism out of balance and very very hungry.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Sleeping for that long must be amazing. First, imagine how refreshed you get waking up after that amount of time. And second, imagine how good that first bathroom trip must feel lol.
If bears are anything to judge by it's not great.
1. Bears build up a fecal plug. Like the worst possible constipation ever.
2. Hibernation is not sleep. They wake up disoriented, grumpy, metabolism out of balance and very very hungry.
Yeah i know all that. The plug especially probably hurts like hell to pass. I was trying to be humorous but you ruined it with your facts!
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
When I watch the bears on the cam, it looks nice a good bit of the time, but also stressful. For the males, near constant conflict and battling in the hierarchy. For the females, they and their cubs are constantly in danger from the males. Also, come hyperphagia, they are in a constant state of hunger.
I've often thought a duck's life seems pretty good. Can fly, can swim. Hang out on the water all day, quacking with your family. Probably not a ton of predation. Seems not too bad.
I flew down to the office for a work onsite thing. I'd been hyping the fat bears for a little while in the slack channels, and everyone thinks I'm a bear weirdo (which, is true). I'm also part of the leadership at my company, so being a weirdo is tolerated (and our CEO is a very socal Venice weirdo type). But, during the big happy hour / mixer social thing, I decided to turn on the big projector wall and stream the fat bears to it. I also took off my button up colored shirt to reveal a 2022 champion 747 shirt.
I don't think I reduced the impression that I'm a bear weirdo. But there are new fans now.
I was thinking about bears the other day. There was a poll that asked men what the largest animal they thought they could take in a fight was, and a surprising number of American men picked bears. Now i would assume these men assumed the much smaller and more common American black bear. Which, to be fair, is basically a teddy compared to the grizzly. But it kind of made me mad. We have become so disconnected from nature that these idiots think they would stand any kind of a chance against a full grown black bear. I just want to sit them down and make them read the etymology heading on Wikipedia for bears. Ancient European people feared bears so much that they wouldn't even say their name. For a long time we thought they called them an ancient word that translated into "the brown one" but there is also evidence that it actually comes from a word that just means wild animal. But either way, how scared of something do you have to be to not even say its fucking name out loud? I literally can't even imagine having that level of terror constantly haunting you on a daily basis. And these fuckers think they can take one in a fight? Madness.
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3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
I would beat a black bear because black bears are canny opportunists and it would simply leave as soon as it got my food.
why waste the energy fighting me
point man
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3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
I was thinking about bears the other day. There was a poll that asked men what the largest animal they thought they could take in a fight was, and a surprising number of American men picked bears. Now i would assume these men assumed the much smaller and more common American black bear. Which, to be fair, is basically a teddy compared to the grizzly. But it kind of made me mad. We have become so disconnected from nature that these idiots think they would stand any kind of a chance against a full grown black bear. I just want to sit them down and make them read the etymology heading on Wikipedia for bears. Ancient European people feared bears so much that they wouldn't even say their name. For a long time we thought they called them an ancient word that translated into "the brown one" but there is also evidence that it actually comes from a word that just means wild animal. But either way, how scared of something do you have to be to not even say its fucking name out loud? I literally can't even imagine having that level of terror constantly haunting you on a daily basis. And these fuckers think they can take one in a fight? Madness.
I was thinking about bears the other day. There was a poll that asked men what the largest animal they thought they could take in a fight was, and a surprising number of American men picked bears. Now i would assume these men assumed the much smaller and more common American black bear. Which, to be fair, is basically a teddy compared to the grizzly. But it kind of made me mad. We have become so disconnected from nature that these idiots think they would stand any kind of a chance against a full grown black bear. I just want to sit them down and make them read the etymology heading on Wikipedia for bears. Ancient European people feared bears so much that they wouldn't even say their name. For a long time we thought they called them an ancient word that translated into "the brown one" but there is also evidence that it actually comes from a word that just means wild animal. But either way, how scared of something do you have to be to not even say its fucking name out loud? I literally can't even imagine having that level of terror constantly haunting you on a daily basis. And these fuckers think they can take one in a fight? Madness.
That can be explained by good old racism and/or sexism. But a bear? An apex predator? To a bear we are still just hairless apes. An unarmed person, on their own, walking up to a bear is just the bear equivalent of Uber Eats.
I was thinking about bears the other day. There was a poll that asked men what the largest animal they thought they could take in a fight was, and a surprising number of American men picked bears. Now i would assume these men assumed the much smaller and more common American black bear. Which, to be fair, is basically a teddy compared to the grizzly. But it kind of made me mad. We have become so disconnected from nature that these idiots think they would stand any kind of a chance against a full grown black bear. I just want to sit them down and make them read the etymology heading on Wikipedia for bears. Ancient European people feared bears so much that they wouldn't even say their name. For a long time we thought they called them an ancient word that translated into "the brown one" but there is also evidence that it actually comes from a word that just means wild animal. But either way, how scared of something do you have to be to not even say its fucking name out loud? I literally can't even imagine having that level of terror constantly haunting you on a daily basis. And these fuckers think they can take one in a fight? Madness.
That can be explained by good old racism and/or sexism. But a bear? An apex predator? To a bear we are still just hairless apes. An unarmed person, on their own, walking up to a bear is just the bear equivalent of Uber Eats.
racism and sexism are both rooted in the more general idea of chauvinism, which white men have in absolute spades on every matter, subject, and topic
Houk on
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
I was thinking about bears the other day. There was a poll that asked men what the largest animal they thought they could take in a fight was, and a surprising number of American men picked bears. Now i would assume these men assumed the much smaller and more common American black bear. Which, to be fair, is basically a teddy compared to the grizzly. But it kind of made me mad. We have become so disconnected from nature that these idiots think they would stand any kind of a chance against a full grown black bear. I just want to sit them down and make them read the etymology heading on Wikipedia for bears. Ancient European people feared bears so much that they wouldn't even say their name. For a long time we thought they called them an ancient word that translated into "the brown one" but there is also evidence that it actually comes from a word that just means wild animal. But either way, how scared of something do you have to be to not even say its fucking name out loud? I literally can't even imagine having that level of terror constantly haunting you on a daily basis. And these fuckers think they can take one in a fight? Madness.
That can be explained by good old racism and/or sexism. But a bear? An apex predator? To a bear we are still just hairless apes. An unarmed person, on their own, walking up to a bear is just the bear equivalent of Uber Eats.
If a bear stops chewing your skull open it's because they decided they had something else to do, not because of anything you did.
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Well I was under the impression it was strictly the fattest bear clearly lol. I assumed the before photos were just so we could marvel at just how much weight they put on.
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In unrelated news, Raijin is looking for a place to sleep and wondering if anyone needs a roommate.
this might be one of my favourite ever sentences
I will not be fielding questions.
I feel like Raijin's post is raising a lot of questions already answered by the post.
I’m not sure if she can read though so she might just bite my head off.
Its kind of shocking how one sided the matchups are this year. The only really competitive one has been the cousins.
I'm hoping that Grazer takes it all the way this year. She's been a contender for years now, she's brought four wonderful cubs to this world. Now is the perfect season.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I can't blame them at all, I voted for Grazer and she is my pick to go all the way (I think . . . It'll be tough to go against Holly, who is my fave adult female and who is just as fat IMO). I was just surprised that its so one sided.
Fortunately I know the perfect place to scratch her butt that always cheers her up.
Stay away from my wife!
Pour one out for Holly though. I voted for her because on the cams she has looked about as fat as Grazer, and shes my favorite adult female. But yeah, i knew that no one was stopping the Graze-Train.
He's not actually named after an airplane. He got that number randomly as a scrawny little subadult, and just happened to grow up to be the biggest bear on the river (most years, this year it was 32 Chunk, IMO).
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Apex predator... no job... get to wander around the forest, maybe eat a fish.
Then go to sleep eight months.
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If bears are anything to judge by it's not great.
1. Bears build up a fecal plug. Like the worst possible constipation ever.
2. Hibernation is not sleep. They wake up disoriented, grumpy, metabolism out of balance and very very hungry.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Yeah i know all that. The plug especially probably hurts like hell to pass. I was trying to be humorous but you ruined it with your facts!
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I've often thought a duck's life seems pretty good. Can fly, can swim. Hang out on the water all day, quacking with your family. Probably not a ton of predation. Seems not too bad.
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CHONKY BEARS!
I don't think I reduced the impression that I'm a bear weirdo. But there are new fans now.
I've felt pretty down, so I am grateful my humble forum thread here lives.
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why waste the energy fighting me
point man
That can be explained by good old racism and/or sexism. But a bear? An apex predator? To a bear we are still just hairless apes. An unarmed person, on their own, walking up to a bear is just the bear equivalent of Uber Eats.
PSN:Furlion
racism and sexism are both rooted in the more general idea of chauvinism, which white men have in absolute spades on every matter, subject, and topic
If a bear stops chewing your skull open it's because they decided they had something else to do, not because of anything you did.