Clearly it could by no means be superb to return head to head with a grizzly bear.
These predators can pack as much as 600 lbs of energy in a single swipe of their paw, and infrequently stand between 7-10 toes tall.
So yeah, if you end up up towards one within the wild, good luck.
However one grizzly bear in Canada could be the baddest of all of them.
Formally often called Bear 122, the Boss received his nickname for his absolute dominance in his neck of the woods round Banff Nationwide Park in Banff, Alberta.
Meet The Boss.
Canmore-based nature photographer Jason Leo Bantle lately got here throughout The Boss — the hardest grizzly bear within the Bow Valley area: pic.twitter.com/E9CRzeO5JA
— Calgary Herald (@calgaryherald) November 15, 2022
Estimated to be round 20 years previous and weighing in between 650-700 lbs, the Boss has earned his fame as one of many hardest and baddest bears in Banff.
Again in 2013, Banff’s Sundance Canyon path needed to be shut down after the Boss was noticed consuming a carcass close to the favored mountain climbing space. And that carcass? Nicely, it turned out to be a black bear.
And it’s not simply different bears that fail to strike concern into the Boss. He as soon as survived being hit by a practice. However monitoring information reveals that the bear was undeterred and nonetheless continues to make use of the railways within the space for journey and foraging. Actually, he additionally often crosses the heavily-trafficked highways within the space, not bothered by the high-speed site visitors.
I see why they name him The Boss.
As if that wasn’t sufficient, it’s additionally estimated that this explicit bear has fathered as much as 70% of the grizzly bear cubs within the nationwide park, and monitoring information reveals that he has a “dwelling space” that’s round 1,000 sq. miles.
But regardless of his fame as one of many high – and hardest – predators within the space, the bear has reportedly grown surprisingly used to people, and has by no means proven any aggression in direction of them throughout his travels.
Nonetheless, that is one bear that I’d somewhat see from a (very lengthy) distance.
This bear’s identify is ‘The Boss’ and he fully dominates Banff nationwide park. He as soon as survived getting hit by a practice, and he has killed and eaten many black bears. Additionally they say he has fathered over 70% of the cubs in his area. An absolute menace. pic.twitter.com/pGfPwqtD4N
— Prank Stallone (@theCJS) November 14, 2022
This text by Aaron Ryan was first revealed by Whiskey Riff on 15 January 2023.
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