Welcome to summer in the South. It’s hot. Mimi, one of our female black bears, has taken to coming to visit whomever is cleaning the bear house in the morning to get sprayed down with the hose. She’s been especially cute as the temperatures have gotten hotter. Last Sunday, I managed to coordinate my cellphone and the hose well enough to get some of her morning shower on video! Watch below!Read more
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Yona Finds a Toy
It doesn’t seem to matter some days how creative we keepers are with our enrichment ideas. This day, the “best toy ever” was a stick. Enjoy the pics I snapped from the bear house of Yona keeping herself amused while Autumn and I giggled at her antics.Read more
QuickPic: Tossing Out the Trash
On the interns’ last afternoon with Autumn and I, we used the extra sets of hands to do a big Spring cleaning of the bear compound. Jana decided she wanted to recycle some of the old enrichment we were tossing for her own pets. Mae offered to help her…and then hold her still for a photo op!Read more
QuikPics: Smiles
Found these pics recently of folks smiling. Figured I would share happiness: Read more
Oops.
We just got an awesome new railing installed along the roof of the bear house. My first time back up on the roof since the new addition was going great, right up to the last scoopful of fruits and nuts. Apparently, my throwing motion needs some trajectory adjustments. At the midpoint of my final throw, the front edge of the feed scoop clipped the top railing and went flipping out of my hand and down into the yard. Oops.Read more