Eager viewers across the globe tuned in to watch brown bears fishing for salmon in yesterday in the lead up to Fat Bear Week, but things took a grizzly turn when two bruins ended up in an on-screen battle to the death. Around 9:30 a.m.
on Monday morning, the camera picked up two bears known as 469 (male) and 402 (female) getting into a fight in the river. The vicious altercation lasted several minutes before 469 dragged the lifeless body of 402 out of the water and began to tear at her body before disappearing with her off-screen. Grizzly bears are known to fight aggressively when competing for food and will eat their own kind so the incident is considered natural behavior.
Yesterday was the day the bracket for the usually lighthearted Fat Bear Week was to be announced, so many viewers were live streaming the action and were caught off guard by the distressing footage, with one viewer commenting: "I'm devastated. poor 402. Rest in Peace.
" The National Park Service announced they would be postponing the 2024 Fat Bear Week Bracket Reveal until today, October 1 at 4 p.m. P.
T. / 7 p.m.
E.T. as 402 was listed as in the 2024 contest.
"We love to celebrate the success of bears with full stomachs and ample body fat in Fat Bear Week, but the ferocity of bears is real. The risks they face are real. Their lives can be hard and their deaths can be painful.
" The highly-anticipated March Madness-style bracket competition has attracted millions of wildlife fans around the globe since its in.