Tartan the Round
Yearling Tartan Bear has been playing with his swingy ball, and as he does he seems to be getting rounder, himself! Just look at the evidence. When he sleeps in…
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Getting Chubby!
Tartan Bear arrived at ABR as an underweight little yearling bear. That was then. After spending a month partaking of the feast at ABR, he looks quite different. This is…
Tartan and Friends
Tartan Bear continues to take advantage of all the amenities in Wild Enclosure #2, where he is currently residing. We haven’t seen him actually swimming as yet, but he uses…
Tartan’s Bouquet
We wanted to add another post for today, and this photo of Tartan standing up and holding his leaf bouquet is a good one. To us he looks like he…
A Pesky Bee
This is a very short video of Tartan swatting at a bothersome bee that is buzzing around his head. As we have seen often, Tartan is relaxing – just lying…
A Night with Tartan Bear
On this night, Tartan stayed in a relatively small area, and didn’t use his customary tree branch for sleeping. Instead, he stayed near the resting platform, on it or under…
One Relaxed and Lazy Bear
ABR is hosting just one yearling bear as of now, and he is the relaxed and lazy bear in the title. Today’s video (Facebook Live with Curator Tori) illustrates that…
Tartan Today
We start off today’s post with a picture of Tartan Bear at night, when our night vision camera turns him into an “electrified” bear, thanks to the light from the…
Tartan Plays With His Ball
Tartan Bear has discovered that he can bat the swingy ball around, and can even do it while lying in the grass. It’s been hot, and we can imagine that…
Tartan Plays Ball
Tartan Bear has learned how to play with his swingy ball. Here is a video of him discovering how he can play with it without too much exertion! It’s been…