Grizzly 399 and three of her four cubs in April. The famous fivesome has begun separating according to Grand Teton National Park and accounts from wildlife watchers.
Grizzly 399 and three of her four cubs in April. The famous fivesome has begun separating according to Grand Teton National Park and accounts from wildlife watchers.
Grizzly 399 and her four cubs appear to be separating, a behavior that's been expected since the famous fivesome emerged from the den on Easter weekend.
Grand Teton National Park Chief of Staff Jeremy Barnum confirmed in a text that 399 had been spotted Thursday with a male bear in the park near Moose.
Three of the offspring were in the same general area, he said. One was spotted farther north in the park. That official report followed similar observations from wildlife watchers.
Arguably the most famous bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, 399 has raised her young near roads in Teton Park for going on 16 years. The four-cub litter that she's reared since 2020 is the largest the now 26-year-old bear has mothered.
Grizzly females tend to raise their cubs for two and half to three years before separating. Wildlife managers have said for months that they expected the cubs to strike out on their own this spring.
The bears have since re-entered the park. On Tuesday, the fivesome remained in sight for a significant amount of time, giving wildlife watchers and tourists alike a chance to see them together before the separation began.
Read an updated story about the cubs' first few days alone in the weekend Jackson Hole Daily, or online at JHNewsAndGuide.com. One cub was hazed after traipsing through the Solitude subdivision south of Grand Teton National Park.
Billy Arnold has covered government and policy since January 2020, sitting through hours of Teton County meetings so readers don't have to. He moonlights as a ski reporter, helps with pandemic coverage and sneaks away to climb when he can.
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