23 Facts About Grizzly 399

Grizzly 399 was a grizzly bear living in Grand Teton National Park and Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming, United States.

Grizzly 399 was followed by as many as 40 wildlife photographers, and millions of tourists came to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to see her and other grizzly bears.

Grizzly 399 was a grizzly bear who resided on federal land in a range of hundreds of miles throughout the Grand Teton National Park and the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

Grizzly 399 was born in a den in Pilgrim Creek, Wyoming, in the winter of 1996.

Grizzly 399 was captured in 2001 and fitted with a radio collar by the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team.

Grizzly 399 was the 399th bear to be tracked with this method as part of the long-term research project.

Grizzly 399 never killed a human despite at least two known close encounters.

Grizzly 399 successfully reared many progeny, including 22 cubs and grandcubs.

Grizzly 399 taught her offspring habits to benefit from rather than be harmed by human proximity, such as loitering during the fall elk hunt to consume abandoned elk innards and looking both ways before crossing roadways to avoid being struck by vehicles, a common cause of death among bears.

On May 21,2020, a wildlife photographer saw Grizzly 399 coming out of hibernation in Pilgrim Creek with four cubs.

On May 16,2023, Grizzly 399 emerged from hibernation and appeared in the area of Pilgrim Creek in Grand Teton National Park.

Unlike the typical bear, Grizzly 399 regularly gave birth to triplets rather than twins.

In 2011, Grizzly 610 had twins, while Grizzly 399 had another set of triplets.

Grizzly 399 was known to be habituated to people when near roads and lightly developed areas.

In Willow Flats, Grizzly 399 taught each set of cubs to hunt elk calves, within view of the guests at Jackson Lake Lodge.

Grizzly 399 was usually found along the roadside near the Oxbow Bend of the Snake River.

In 2016, Grizzly 399 was feared dead after a hunter claimed to have killed her; however, she emerged from hibernation on May 10,2016, with one cub in tow.

Grizzly 399 emerged from the Bridger-Teton National Forest into the Grand Teton National Park with a white-faced cub at her side.

Grizzly 399 mothers are known for being aggressively protective of their progeny.

Daryl Hunter, a wildlife photographer who followed Grizzly 399, related a conversation with an outfitter who said, "I met a guy who wants Grizzly 399's rug on his wall, stating that because she is famous, she makes a better trophy".

Grizzly 399 spent part of the year in Grand Teton National Park, but hibernated in the national forest where hunting is allowed.

Grizzly 399: The Story of a Remarkable Bear is a children's book published in May 2020 in Idaho Falls.

Grizzly 399 had her own Facebook page, Instagram account, and a Twitter handle.