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Hi, everyone. This is the last episode of this season. Six seasons, hard to believe. Thank you for

spending this time with us exploring our dazzling natural world together. We've

absolutely loved bringing you these stories and I hope we've inspired you. We're busy making plans

to bring you more episodes in the near future. In fact, we could use your help. We'd love to hear

what you think of the wild. Which shows did you like the best? What would you like to hear more of?

We've put a link to a survey in the show notes. If you have a moment, please fill it out. It will

really help guide us as we plan our next season. Okay, on with the episode.

You've probably heard about Grizzly 399.

At 28 years old, she was the oldest mother grizzly bear known in the Yellowstone area.

And she was quite literally the poster child for grizzlies in North America.

Mother to at least 18 cubs.

399 was known as Queen of the Teton's. Tom Mangelson has lived in her home range in the wilds of Wyoming since the late 1970s. Tom knew this bear, like very few people

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