Cubs and Wind
Bears don’t like windy conditions. This is true of adult bears as well as cubs, because the two senses that bears rely on the most are smell and hearing. Both…
Nettles is Really Outside!
As you know, Nettles Bear has been in the Cub House and adjoining Acclimation Pen for a few days. She started to show that she didn’t like being so close…
Nettles and Her New Digs
Yesterday we shared the introduction of Nettles to the Cub House. Her first night there went well. The curators want her to become acclimatized to the cooler temperatures, since there…
Big Day for Nettles!
It’s been almost a month since Nettles Bear was admitted to ABR. She has spent the month in the Hartley House, eating and sleeping and trying to catch up with…
Preparations
As winter draws closer, with impending hibernation, the cubs are responding as their bodies tell them to. Still eating and eating, but also getting lethargic. This is part of the…
Something New!
The cold weather (20s at night) has caused some changes in the cubs’ routines. We’ve seen them choosing different sleeping arrangements. Cubs in Wild Enclosure #1 are sleeping in their…
Cubby Piles
Cubby Piles are how the cubs sleep on these cold nights, when it’s more comfy and certainly cozier to sleep snuggled in with your enclosure mates than to sleep on…
Hyperphagia is Still With Us!
The feeding frenzy of fall, scientifically called hyperphagia is apparently still going strong! Often, it is expected that by this time of the year the feeding frenzy has ended, but…
Nettles Bear Feeling Much Better!
Nettles, the cub who arrived on October 23 after being injured by a car, has been spending the past three weeks doing a lot of hyperphagia – influenced eating and…
Busy in the Rain
Bears, including cubs, don’t let a little rain deter them from their business, as we can see from these photos. Piper is alert and ready to go. Nessie is “making…