Fat Bear Tuesday finals feature Dancing, Magic, and a Coat of Many Colors

Bear 910 (left), and 89 Backpack (right) compete for the Fat Bear Week 2026 finals (Images courtesy of the National Park Service).
Wow. Yesterday’s semifinals were an absolute claw biter. Here’s a recap: 
910 badonkadonked the 132 family out with ease (sorry, babies!), but the 89 Backpack vs 164 Bucky match was fat neck and neck all—and I mean ALL—day long. 
At mid-morning, Bucky held a marginal lead with 52% vs 48%, but that gap slowly thinned until Backpack ev