Fat Bear Week is an annual event held by the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska to celebrate the pre-hibernation weight gain of Alaska’s many, many brown bears. The fattest bear of them all wins a prize of all-you-can-eat salmon. However, why should bears get all the attention? Other animals are just as lovable and fun, even if they don’t eat as much salmon as bears. Here are some other animal weeks I think we could do to celebrate the beautiful diversity of nature.
Skinny Lizard Week
The opposite of a fat bear is definitely a skinny lizard. Bears have fur, lizards have scales. Bears look huggable and full of love, lizards have scary faces. Fat bears are heralded as icons, and lizard beauty standards have gotten really out of hand these days. I mean, have you ever seen a fat lizard?
Shark Week
Sharks are kind of underappreciated, and often stigmatized. It would be super cool to have a whole week dedicated to them and their achievements. I wonder if anyone’s ever thought of that.
Cunning Rat Week
Rats are often praised for their intelligence, but also hated and seen as gross. During Cunning Rat Week, all the rats in the world would have to solve a series of riddles, and the rat who does it the fastest would be crowned the smartest and most cunning rat of all.
Pouchy Kangaroo Week
Crikey! Have you eevah seen a pouchier animal than the noble ‘roo, ‘Straya’s finest? Get yerself down ta the land down undah to see the pouchiest ‘roo you’ve eevah done seen! Crocodile Dundee! Shrimps on the barbie! Koalas!
Crazy Hamster Week
When my dad was a kid, he had a hamster who gave birth and then ate its own babies. I’m sure everybody has heard a similar hamster story. Crazy Hamster Week would be more like a support group for hamster owners to work through their trauma in a safe space.
Silly Spider Week
I’m so scared of spiders please get them away from me oh my god is that one in the corner EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stinky Skunk Week
For Stinky Skunk Week, everyone gets to pick one person they don’t like very much and each person gets sprayed by a different skunk. Whoever smells the most wins Stinky Skunk Week.
Short Giraffe Week
Everybody’s always going on and on about tall giraffes with their long necks, but what about the short ones? They deserve love too. Short Giraffe Week would highlight the scorned, mocked and ridiculed giraffes who don’t get the love that they deserve.
Tenacious Ant Week
When I think ants, I think tenacity. What other creature could lift things up to 50 times heavier than their body weight? Not me, that’s for sure. Our little picnic friends deserve some recognition for their hard work and determination.
Majestic Horse Week
My friend Maria really likes horses and told me to put them in this article. To give a sense of her priorities, she has a framed picture of a horse on her desk and a much, much smaller picture of me off to the side. Majestic Horse Week would celebrate the beauty of horses around the world and inspire everyone to toss their manes with confidence.