‘The Hungry Games’ offers viewers another helping of Katmai National Park fat bears

Brown bears statement up to drawback salmon connected waterfalls wrong Katmai National Park and Preserve successful 2023. (From Katmai National Park Flickr page)

A caller streaming bid astir Alaska has joined nan ranks of TV shows for illustration “Deadliest Catch,” “Bering Sea Gold” and dozens of others, this clip focused connected nan fat bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve.

The latest series, “The Hungry Games: Alaska’s Big Bear Challenge,” features narration from a well-known New Zealand star. Rhys Darby, who has appeared successful nan HBO comedy series “Flight of nan Conchords” and nan caller “Jumanji” films, describes himself as a “comedian, actor, limb model, cryptozoologist, artist, and author.”

In a little preview clip for nan series, which premiered Thursday, Darby is narrating a segment wherever a Katmai carnivore known arsenic Boldface tries to transverse a flowing transmission pinch her 3 cubs. The mama carnivore goes successful first to trial nan waters and past calls for nan younglings to follow.

“Boldface is waiting for them astir halfway crossed nan river. If they tin aquatics to her, she tin transportation them nan remainder of nan way. C’mon kids, hurry up and get to your mom,” Darby narrated.

Boldface, and different Katmai bears for illustration her, are nan attraction of a caller streaming bid that claims to beryllium the first earthy history title show of its kind.

The show will besides see a ranking strategy akin to Katmai National Park’s Fat Bear Week tournament, wherever respective brownish bears successful nan parkland are pitted against each different and nan nationalist votes for their favourite fattest bear. Darby, however, will adhd much discourse and commentary to nan bears’ activities while they bulk up for winter.

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In “The Hungry Games,” nan ample brownish bears are fixed scores based connected their actions, for illustration eating hundreds of pounds of nutrient complete nan people of 150 days. The 3 categories they’ll beryllium measured successful are Beefiness, Ingenuity, and Grit – an acronym that spells retired B.I.G.
Once nan show is over, nan highest scoring carnivore will beryllium crowned nan Hungry Games champion.

The first play is streaming connected Peacock pinch 3 episodes released truthful far.