Yes, it’s that time of year when all bears eat almost constantly, to pack on the pounds necessary to sustain them through their hibernation, when they will not eat or drink for several months. It is an inborn trait. one that doesn’t have to be taught. Our cubs are showing the signs now, and will continue to gobble food at a great rate until their release back into the wild.
The cubs in Wild Enclosure #1 are busy eating peanuts and other tasty items that the curators have thrown into the enclosure. The arrow points to a cub in a tree, as a reminder that they spend a lot of time UP.
It’s a lucky shot to get all six cubs in one photo!
The “golf course” that the curators tried to establish a few months ago has suffered from cub traffic and hot, dry weather.
Noses to the ground, nubbins in the air. Eating is very important!
Jellybean checks his work. The pipe is still broken.
Sit there and eat, like good cubs!
In Enclosure 2 we see all seven cubs. It may be that the three on the right are the most recent triplets, sticking together until they feel more at home.
Coming down!
Two cubs check The Forbidden Tree.
Wrestling ensues, we don’t know why (except that’s what cubs do).
Splat! Fell or was pushed? Your guess is as good as ours.
Hmm. Some sort of mystical cubby ritual, perhaps?
The five cubs in Wild Enclosure #4 are busy eating. Good cubs!
Yearling Spruce is getting along well.
His rooms in The Recovery Center are cleaned by the curators, one at a time, while Spruce is in the other room.
He will soon be eating a normal diet.
Plum slept on her platform.
After descending, she assumed her post, staring into the enclosure.
Like she did yesterday, she stares outside even while in her tub. Poor Plum, she will be outside very soon.