a brutal reminder of the reality of nature delayed the unveiling of the bears by a day. Match No. 1 is a showdown between 519 and 909 Jr.: Two ladies hunting to be crowned the chunkiest.

Females are about one-third smaller. Bear 909 Jr, who last week won the Fat Bear Junior competition for the second time, will be up for a public vote against Bear 519, a young female, in the first ...