Wyoming had Grizzly 399. Canada has The Boss, a huge male grizzly that’s the country’s most beloved bear.

He’s thought to be 27 to 28 years old and weighs roughly 700 pounds.

“He’s a big boy. He’s a big teddy bear type of thing,” Canadian wildlife photographer Jason Leo Bantle told Cowboy State Daily.

But make no mistake, The Boss, officially Grizzly 122, is a badass.

He survived being hit by a train and fathered half the cubs in Banff National Park in Alberta.

He also bears scars, including a distinctive one on the left side of his face, from vicious fights with his main rival, Grizzly 136.

One side of Grizzly 136’s mouth is ripped into what looks like a permanent snarl, which earned him the name Split Lip. He suffered the wound in a fight with The Boss.

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