{"id":632457,"date":"2026-09-22T13:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/632457\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T13:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:12:11","slug":"fat-bear-week-opens-for-alaskas-heavyweight-crown-can-chunk-the-1200-pound-champ-win-again-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/632457\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat Bear Week opens for Alaska\u2019s heavyweight crown. Can Chunk, the 1,200-pound champ, win again? &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxOeHdEMEVacl9hWWt5d0JkLU11MDNQSFd3Q3ltYnRkMHhBSWhydWlTTFpQRU1KRzNSbFNTRGhYekhlbzFWVXRJYkNhcGtlS0V0TF9WOWRIRldTaFNxM3hMc2lCbm5Uc2ZrdTJpUExnUUZfYXFFQ0VheGZFWTZXYjRJWElRQ08wTThVWVpVaDdtNFc2QUFmaVdhSFBsYlFuU2ZBbXZxdlFHZlZVS3BUS0IxMkJTQkxMUUVWdVMxYkZjVHFXZ3F3TlpvamtRV2w?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fat Bear Week opens for Alaska\u2019s heavyweight crown. Can Chunk, the 1,200-pound champ, win again?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMib0FVX3lxTE1mQnEzX3VDQ2VTV1pPczhDT2NOYnpzTE9ib2EtLW1IZndoWnBZWEphdWotYVM0am4xX3U2OWhZcEYyUFFDZlQ0UnNvc3hnZDFsUUsxcVBkSmlmMHlGSDhWdEJ1dnVNVFduWVpGTi1XQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket is here and chunkier than ever<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Popular Science<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE90aFlmN1RXZnFfRVpYNTVscUVkdzh0cFFLMlRMQVNZYzQ2dkRuSUlnRDhlUUZyOW5BMlhmY2FxcUhaMTFHQ19DWkpqT2RNX1k0bU5jak50RXF3dFVQcURIUS1HQ3l4QjhaMmJ4cUF1emFfeUtwYnpZUHRCQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alaska&#8217;s salmon-feasting bears face off in biggest Fat Bear Week ever<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidEFVX3lxTE1KYXJUTWE5S1dBODVTN3BIYUtVckNJUUw4RU5rMGY1UkZhZVZGT2twRER5Y3ZoWVRLTDV5eEEwYkQ0LWtwVzJVcV9lWHc1d0xGcHpWYUNZYTUzVW9aRkw4YVNlYlVhZGpndEo1LVhuQk9lcG5a?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fat Bear Week has returned \u2013 and the salmon are swimming for their lives<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fat Bear Week opens for Alaska\u2019s heavyweight crown. Can Chunk, the 1,200-pound champ, win again?&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsThe Fat Bear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[246,61,1042,60,82,263],"class_list":["post-632457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-environment","tag-ie","tag-international","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}