Why it matters: Fat Bear Week, the contest where the public can pick their favorite fattened-up bear at Alaska's Katmai National ... The record-holding round boy 480 Otis, the inaugural fat ...

This year's black bear is now named Otis after the street where it was first ... and I think you can only say that if you live in Alaska or Canada but hey - the nation’s Capital,” said ...

In the autumn, as the bears prepare to hunker down for winter again, it’s up to the public to decide which bear in Alaska's Katmai ... Bear 480 (Otis) and Bear 435 (Holly), both former champions ...