{"id":608611,"date":"2026-09-22T22:56:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T22:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/608611\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T22:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T22:56:31","slug":"fat-bear-week-opens-for-alaskas-heavyweight-crown-can-chunk-the-544kg-champ-win-again-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/608611\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat Bear Week opens for Alaska\u2019s heavyweight crown. Can Chunk, the 544kg champ, win again? &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNMHk5LXRtQmhjeUZVbzBTU0tpR3NheWpBSlR5TmwyV0lpVmJBcTVUakZ6N2RUcEctamExQjB5YndxV1FqaWFfc3lta1l6bVE4UmtfdUNxcFhOVU9pWmdUWFRMQmxVbXhlTEVpRTZ2VDhLUEZCUjU2ZWlaa1RPOG1RRkFtTHpNZmRhMngtYTEyTldFS21LblItUHBUbmJBdmV6eHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fat Bear Week opens for Alaska\u2019s heavyweight crown. Can Chunk, the 544kg champ, win again?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<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 544kg champ, win again?&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffThe Fat Bear Week&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[111,43,139,69,147,406],"class_list":["post-608611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}