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Bantle recognized bear No. 122, otherwise known as The Boss, due to his size and his distinctive ears. The Boss is regarded as being the most dominant grizzly bear found around Banff National Park.

Weighing in at somewhere between 650 and 700 pounds (295-317 kg), the bear's resumé of dominance is legendary. He is considered to have a home range more than 2,500 square kilometres. He's eaten a black bear. He even once brushed off being struck by a train but still uses the railways for travel and foraging.

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[-] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago

And yet when I go to my local watering hole weighing in a 600lbs., no one photographs me with wonder at me being a magnificent old male with a great life story.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Have you tried eating a black bear?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

And impregnating many females?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

(First eat them out, then impregnate, it's just the bear minimum of manners.)

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I've had bear. Was pretty good off the grill. I suppose that's different than killing and eating it raw.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

You need a wider home range.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

You think this grizzly knows we talk about him, take pics, etc?

[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

Imagine being hit by a train, and not learning your lession to not walk on the tracks.

Hell, imagine surviving that at all!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

He has a plan for next time.

sabin ff6, suplexing a train

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago
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[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

The Boss runs the national park with a home range like that jeez

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

It's pretty impressive.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I've had a couple grizzly encounters that thankfully went fine. I don't want to meet this guy.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Objectively cooler than Bruce Springsteen.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

And Neil Young

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