The Queen, Mother and Grandmother Grizzly Bear,
the iconic Matriarch of Grand Teton National Park & the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, US
The iconic and prolific female grizzly bear [399] — a mother and grandmother was in forage with her own eldest adult daughter [610] — also a mother, along with her cubs and grand cubs.
399, pictured here, who should be referred to respectfully as Grand Mother Bear, at the age of 24, in Spring of 2020 birthed four cubs [a rare, large litter no matter the age of the grizzly, but at 24, was truly astounding] was with 610, whom should be called Daughter Bear, who birthed two cubs as well.
All but two of the six cubs were mostly hidden by the deep sagebrush and dense fog.
What wild majesty to behold.
Lodged in my mind’s eye forevermore.
photo by: author
“Grizzly 399” is gone,
and this Autumn, and last, and every season in between have required so much Auden
She’s walked on, into
The Great Wide Open of The All.
June 22, 2020
This is a devastating, tragic, and unfair ending for this incredible, iconic, prolific, grand elder Grizzly Mother and Grandmother Bear who birthed and raised eighteen grizzly bear cubs over her 28 years in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. She so deserved and earned a wild death or to die gently in rest or hibernation.
SPEEDING and DISTRACTION KILL BEARS.
and please,
Remember,
THE BEAR ISN’T CROSSING THE ROAD,
THE ROAD IS CROSSING THE FOREST,
THE VALLEY,
THE MOUNTAIN,
THE RIVER,
THE PLAINS,
THE DESERT,
THE WETLAND,
THE TUNDRA.
Speeding kills possums.
Speeding kills deer.
Speeding kills snakes.
Speeding kills turtles.
Speeding kills squirrels.
too.
the limineen | earthling, poet & crone 