After Cub #198 (Sweet Pea Bear) had been at ABR for just over a day, she and #197 (Sugar Bear) met.  The divided pen in the Cub Nursery had housed them in separate “rooms” until the curators opened the divider and the two little cubs were together.  The results are both funny and cute, as captured in this YouTube video.  Before the meeting takes place, Sugar Bear gives us a demonstration of some of the sounds a bear cub makes.  You will see that when the cubs play they do not make noise.  In the wild, unnecessary noise is not a good idea, as it can attract the attention of another animal that might be a predator.  Bear cubs, even when rowdy in their play, make little or no noise.