More Foraging
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…
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…
Now that the pool in Wild Enclosure #3 is full again, the Bearys and Beignet are enjoying a chance to cool off. In Wild Enclosure #2, Jessamine Bear had another…
As we posted recently, the vets who examined and treated Beignet Bear instructed the curators to keep her leg dry for a few days. That led to the puzzlement of…
In their instructions for Beignet’s after-surgery-care, the curators were told to keep her leg dry for several days. As a result, the Cubby Pool in Wild Enclosure #3 had been…
It continues to be so hot that the bear cubs are spending their daytime hours in the undergrowth, and venturing out at night to play and forage. We are very…
There are ten little bears at ABR. The ten are cubs who were born in January of this year. They arrived at ages 2 to 6 months, having been orphaned…
The appointment for Beignet to return to the UT College of Veterinary Medicine was still a few days off, but the curators placed the carrier in her room at Hartley…
The Beary Triplets are especially active little bears. They utilize every inch and every feature of their enclosure, as these photos show. As we said, these three utilize every part…
The security cameras in our enclosures and other locations allow us to see the cubs at all hours of the day and night. The curators, who thought they knew what…
As the year rolls on, the ABR cubs are keeping busy with the usual activities and have accelerated their eating behavior due to hyperphagia. Here are the latest peeks into…