Wrestling Cubbies
During hyperphagia bears are usually very lethargic, spending all their time eating as they pack on the pounds for the winter. It seems, however, that the ABR cubs haven’t read…
During hyperphagia bears are usually very lethargic, spending all their time eating as they pack on the pounds for the winter. It seems, however, that the ABR cubs haven’t read…
The smallest of the ABR cubs, Dandelion Bear makes up for her small size in cleverness and persistence. The curators have placed a couple of culvert traps in Wild Enclosure…
It is with heavy hearts that we tell you that Bear #298, Lyon Bear, the cub who arrived on October 9th after being hit by a car, has succumbed to…
Our last post featured the cubs in Wild Enclosure #2, so in the spirit of fairness, this time we’ll focus on the group in Wild Enclosure #3. You may recall…
We have a story in pictures of the six cubs in Wild Enclosure #2. They are still at work excavating under the Acclimation Pen to create a den. After working,…
On October 9th, an injured bear was taken to the UT College of Veterinary Medicine by TWRA. The little bear had been the victim of a car accident in Jefferson…
The cubs in Wild Enclosure #2 have destroyed most of the saplings in their enclosure. But when they discover another one that is still bendy and pliable, they simply have…
Two of the Beary Triplets started a project, to move some rather large rocks and look for tasty insects underneath. The curators were a bit suspicious of the location –…
Although the cubs often sleep on the sleeping platforms in their enclosures, they also make daybeds the way bears in the wild do. Here are the cubs in Wild Enclosure…
Curator Coy decided to test the cubs’ food preferences. He scattered sawtooth acorns, peanuts, grapes, pears, apples, and chestnuts in different areas of the enclosures, wondering what would attract them…