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Bear Quiz # 3

Yay, I love quizzes, and I love bear quizzes, AND I love how the bears look different over the course of a year. Here’s a photo of our bears from approximately 1 month ago. Can you ID them? Click on the photo to enlarge. See other quizzes: July 2011, August 2011 (this quiz, although in August, was taken in June).  Take a look and see how different the bears look over time.Read more

Ursula Gets Spoiled

On Monday, October 17th, Ursula received some special spoiling from the Animal Keepers. This video shows her enjoying the last frozen watermelon of the season (many thanks to those of you who donated watermelons to the Museum this summer). She also clearly loves the marshmallows and acorns she’s been given. The video is about 2.5 minutes, but worth watching every second (at least that’s what I think!). Pay attention to her large paws, how she wrinkles her nose, and howRead more

Videos of Ursula

Here’s a couple of videos that were taken of Ursula over the last couple of years. in this first video, there was a particularly heavy snow that we got one winter and one of our previous keepers, Cassidy, got some video of Urse walking around and digging in the snow. Her thick coat made her seem oblivious to the cold weather and snow that was still falling at the time (you can see some of the snow on her back).Read more
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Goodbye Ursula

There’s difficult and yucky parts of everyone’s job, but today, and the days leading up to today, are among the hardest.  Ursula I posted about Ursula in July, and told you about her leg issues. We rested and medicated her for several months. Many of you were kind enough to donate watermelons for her to take her medicines in. Last week she took a huge turn for the worse. She’s been unable to stand up. While heartbreaking, the decision became clear toRead more