There's video available to see "The Boss" as he comes out of hibernation this year. He lives in Banff National Park. He's a 200 - 300 kg grizzly bear. He's 24 years old, and has a reputation for "being the biggest, baddest bear in the Bow Valley"..."his reappearance is a clear reminder for hikers and locals to stay alert". Here's another biography of The Boss:
"But one bear stands alone in both legend and data. Officially, he's Bear 122. Locally, he's known as “The Boss” — a grizzly who has outlived rivals, shrugged off a collision with a train and fathered a significant slice of Banff's grizzly population."
And here's another bear to take note of:
"Split Lip is best known for being The Boss' main rival. They have been filmed chasing each other, and we can only speculate as to who left the scars on his lip!"
Do you know that grizzles are cannibals? "Split Lip is also infamous for cannibalizing other bears in the Park, which is common for grizzly bears of his size.
In 2015, he made the news for eating a smaller grizzly bear who was only 1/3 of his size! Parks Canada couldn’t confirm whether he had killed the bear himself, but it’s likely that he did."
"Like the Boss, Split Lip does not seem to be aggressive towards humans – at least so far. He caused a stir when he shared a hiking trail with a group of 20 hikers at Johnston Canyon in 2016, and again when he crossed the Pedestrian Bridge in Banff in 2017"
There's some footage of the Boss on train tracks just before the train comes on Petapixel here
The daffodils are starting to bloom in the garden.
