In our last post we wrote that bears in springtime eat leaves and grass. Later in the season these greens are too fibrous and hard to digest, but when they first appear they are eaten with relish by bears recently out of hibernation. Our yearlings are enjoying their salads, too, as an addition to the apples, nuts, and bear pellets provided by the curators.

All four of the yearlings are eating their salads. Good practice for when they are back in their wild homes.