Chunkosaurus Rex Squashes the Competition in Fat Squirrel Week
The Texas Parks and wildlife Department held a fun and quirky contest called “Fat Squirrel Week,” inspired by Alaska’s Fat Bear Week. The competition featured 16 squirrels from various Texas state parks competing in a bracket-style showdown based on their size and charm. The winner of the 2025 contest was Chunkosaurus Rex,a notably plump squirrel from Dinosaur Valley State park. He won after beating Chunk Norris from Fort Richardson State Park in the finals, wiht Nutella and Stanley “The Texas Tank” making up the other final four contenders. Fans voted by liking and commenting on photos of their favorite squirrels on each park’s page. The event was celebrated as a playful, acorn-to-acorn battle, and organizers encouraged squirrels to prepare for next year’s competition by getting ready for the winter season.
The results are in: The favorite fat squirrel in the Lone Star State is Chunkosaurus Rex, a portly fluff-tailed furball who makes his home in Dinosaur Valley State Park.
The contest was dreamed up by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, which modeled it after the Fat Bear Week competition at Alaska’s Katmai National Park.
“The quirky contest featured 16 squirrels from state parks across Texas, all battling it out in a bracket-style showdown for the title of Texas’ heftiest rodent,” KLAQ-FM reported.
“The 16-contender bracket came down to each squirrel’s heftiness and overall charm,” People proclaimed.
Evidently, the participants had some fun coming up with names for their respective champions.
“Chunkosaurus Rex faced off in the finals against Chunk Norris from Fort Richardson State Park, after fellow final-four squirrels Nutella from Lake Mineral Wells State Park and Stanley ‘The Texas Tank’ from Cleburne State Park were eliminated,” according to United Press International.
Fans cast votes by liking and commenting on their favorite contestants’ picture on each state park’s page.
In Texas, a winner has been crowned in the state’s fattest squirrel competition. Residents cheered on their favorite fluffy and chunkiest contenders. pic.twitter.com/QkEGWJV0lw
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) October 24, 2025
People portrayed the final stage of the competition as “a hard-fought, acorn-to-acorn showdown.”
Texas Parks and Wildlife announced the winner last week in a social media post.
“Your Fat Squirrel Week winner of 2025 is Chunkosaurus Rex!!!” the agency announced.
“Chunkosaurus Rex hopes to see all of his competitors again next year when he works to keep the title of FAT SQUIRREL WEEK CHAMPION.
“Remember competitors, now is the time to start working on your winter physique! Get to snackin!”
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