Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
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Publisher signals
68/100
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Entertainment
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A brown bear known as 89 Backpack has won the annual Fat Bear Week competition, after what the US National Parks Service described as a "battle of size, skill, snack acquisition, and strategic loafing".
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Service → publish → size
Backpack's wideness narrowly defeated a bear known only as 910, earning 103,344 votes to 910's 98,253 in the final round of the competition, which is run by the Katmai National Park in Alaska.
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which → defeat → Alaska
The National Parks Service thanked the 16 bears who "involuntarily participated" in the competition, now in its thirteenth year.
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who → thank → year
Backpack, who was described by one supporter as having both the "chonk and the badonk", will shortly enter hibernation, which can last up to six months.
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which → describe → hibernation
Backpack's name derives not from what another supporter described as the "light bulb shape" of his body, but his habit, as a cub, of climbing onto Holly's back when she waded through the park's salmon-filled Brooks River.
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she → derive → River
Another supporter described him as being a "big fuzzy boy".
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supporter → describe → him
One person said she felt that Bear 910, a female who raised both her biological cub and an adopted niece, was a "larger bear all around.
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who → say → cub
Backpack just has a bigger booty".
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Backpack → have → booty
"I just feel like 910 really put in the work this year," another 910 fan wrote on the park's Facebook page, while a voter commented, "She round, she thick my girl 910 got my vote."
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girl → feel → vote
The finalists' latest weights have not yet been revealed.
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weights → reveal → ?
But adult male brown bears average up to 408kg in mid-summer and often pack on the equivalent of 25% of their body weight by autumn.
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bears → average → autumn
The largest males can weigh more than 540kg.
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males → weigh → kg
Females are smaller but can reach weights of over 300kg.
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Females → reach → kg
Cubs are born weighing roughly half a kilogram.
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Cubs → bear → kilogram
"During hibernation, bears do not eat or drink and lose one-third of their body weight.
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bears → eat → weight
Their winter survival depends on accumulating ample fat reserves before entering the den," organisers wrote.
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organisers → depend → den
From June until mid October, the bears gorge on food, including salmon caught with their jaws or paws.
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bears → include → jaws
Backpack's biography says his "quiet toughness has allowed him to find his niche alongside the biggest bears at Brooks River".
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him → say → River
Last year, over 1.7 million votes were cast from more than 100 countries to crown the competition's heavyweight champion.
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votes → cast → champion
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