Chunkosaurus Rex has been crowned the champion of the inaugural Fat Squirrel Week in Texas, a contest organized by the Texas ...

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Texas Parks and Wildlife crowned its winner of 'Fat Squirrel Week,' but how fat is 'Chunkosaurus Rex,' really?

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department hosted its first Fat Squirrel Week in 2025, with a 16-contender bracket that pitted ...

Competitors included Phinn the Phat, Chunk Norris, Chunkosaurus Rex, Stanley "the Texas Tank," Mama Maple, Nut-meg and Loki ...

A squirrel named Chunkosaurus Rex has claimed victory in Texas Parks and Wildlife’s inaugural Fat Squirrel Week competition. The contest, modeled after Katmai National Park’s annual Fat Bear Week, ...

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 ...

One adorably plump squirrel scurried past 15 fluffy rivals to win a feel-good contest where the public crowned the critter ...

From Twiggy Swift to Nutella, contenders fell as Chunkosaurus Rex took Texas’ Fat Squirrel Week title with acorn-fueled charm ...

Chunkosaurus Rex was named the winner of the competition in Texas held for the very first time, which was inspired by ...

Move over Fat Bear Week! A Texas squirrel named Chunkosaurus Rex has claimed the crown for Fat Squirrel Week 2025.

Rotund rodents from across the state of Texas competed in Texas Parks and Wildlife's inaugural Fat Squirrel Week, with ...