Comments on: Sun Bears from Sepilok

By: Alex Cherubino

Alex Cherubino — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:48:38 +0000

All types of sun bears are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: calvin

calvin — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:55:33 +0000

could we have a photo gallery put together of Ting Ting,Marcella,Dibu,Danum,and this little baby?

By: Lisa Anderson

Lisa Anderson — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:56:43 +0000

Suzanne, thanks for writing about your Sun Bears. I was in St. Louis a few weeks ago, and on my visit to their lovely zoo, spent a good bit of time admiring their Malayan Sun Bears. They are so beautiful! I loved the way a couple of them would pose for us visitors, standing up and proudly showing off the golden crescents on their chests. It is a shame that there is an illicit trade selling them as pets, and although I can see how a person would be tempted, that doesn’t make it right. I would enjoy learning more about Marcella and her family, and some pics would be most appreciated!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:06:07 +0000

Rosie #2,

I saw Su Lin this morning. She had followed her mother in during the period when the keepers are cleaning the exhibit. She and Bai Yun had access to a behind-the-scenes tunnel system while the keepers worked, and I got a good close up look at her for the first time in a few weeks. She was curious about me and approached the gate where I was, and even Bai Yun stopped by to say hello.

Su Lin has a scraggly, full coat in preparation for the winter ahead. Keepers have noted that her intake of biscuits has increased, and that she is becoming more routine-oriented in that she no longer keeps exclusively to the trees where she ignores the goings on below.

However, she still spends time high in those trees most days, and as a result she isn’t visible on most of our cameras. She’s just too high! Keep checking, you’ll see her eventually… but in the meantime know that she is well and is progressing beautifully down the panda cub developmental stepping stones.

By: donna

donna — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:30:09 +0000

Thank you for the update on these wonderful bears. I look forward to the pictures.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:54:55 +0000

Why is Su Lin never on panda cam any more? I rarely can see her, either in the trees or elsewhere. I have tried at work during the day, and at home during the evening and night. I remember watching Mei Sheng on the cam, even when he was partially obscured, more than you have ever had Su in the spotlight. I’ve taken to watching baby girl cub in Atlanta and Tai in D.C. I rarely check your web site any longer, because I just get a emply exhibition area. I ” adopted” Su Lin, and I haven’t seen her in weeks, or longer.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:57:51 +0000

Thanks, Suzanne, for keeping us updated on Marcella and her cub. Thanks also for educating us about the special Bornean Sun Bears and their plight. Kudos to you and your colleagues at Sepilok for taking such great pains to make the lives of the animals in captivity better, and for helping them breed and keep their species going. Are zoos in Europe or elsewhere working with the other subspecies of bears while US zoos concentrate on helping the Bornean subspecies? Are there any pictures of Marcella and her cub available that you can share with us? It must be hard to get photos if the Vet staff has not yet examined the cub’s sex, health status, etc.

Editor’s note: We’ll have some photos to share once the cub makes its debut in Sun Bear Forest.