Comments on: Dining with Polar Bears http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/04/30/dining-with-polar-bears/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:40:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chantelle http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/04/30/dining-with-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-270722 Chantelle Sat, 31 May 2008 12:57:21 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/dining-with-polar-bears/#comment-270722 Sounds like these polar bears are happy and healthy too! I'm glad to see this article because its good people are focusing on these endangered animals Sounds like these polar bears are happy and healthy too! I’m glad to see this article because its good people are focusing on these endangered animals

]]> By: Margaret http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/04/30/dining-with-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-246700 Margaret Thu, 01 May 2008 19:26:12 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/dining-with-polar-bears/#comment-246700 I noticed this week that there appears to be one large bear out by themselves in the afternoon. Is it Tatqiq or Kalluk? It looks bigger like Kalluk and is more lively playing like Kalluk. Since breeding hasn't occured are you getting " the girls" re-introduced to each other so they can go out on exhibit together? If so, he doesn't seem to mind being by himself, and I imagine that the girls enjoy each other when their hormone levels aren't a factor. It was fun watching all three of them together last year, and I hope that can be done again soon. The dynamics may have changed due to the separations required by breeding season. We can look forward to all that happening again next year, hopefully resulting in tiny white paws pittering around the rocks. I noticed this week that there appears to be one large bear out by themselves in the afternoon. Is it Tatqiq or Kalluk? It looks bigger like Kalluk and is more lively playing like Kalluk. Since breeding hasn’t occured are you getting ” the girls” re-introduced to each other so they can go out on exhibit together? If so, he doesn’t seem to mind being by himself, and I imagine that the girls enjoy each other when their hormone levels aren’t a factor.

It was fun watching all three of them together last year, and I hope that can be done again soon. The dynamics may have changed due to the separations required by breeding season. We can look forward to all that happening again next year, hopefully resulting in tiny white paws pittering around the rocks.

]]> By: Debi in MA http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/04/30/dining-with-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-246591 Debi in MA Thu, 01 May 2008 13:47:39 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/dining-with-polar-bears/#comment-246591 There is something incredibly sweet in looking at the cam in the morning, after the bear(s) have been pulled off the exhibit. Toys in the water, wet footprints all over, dirt or mulch scattered outside the bed, toys and such on the grounds. You look at it and think " Wow! Someone was busy last night!!" and you feel happy all over! I love that they are so playful and happy! :) There is something incredibly sweet in looking at the cam in the morning, after the bear(s) have been pulled off the exhibit. Toys in the water, wet footprints all over, dirt or mulch scattered outside the bed, toys and such on the grounds. You look at it and think ” Wow! Someone was busy last night!!” and you feel happy all over! I love that they are so playful and happy! :)

]]> By: Cheryl http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/04/30/dining-with-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-246176 Cheryl Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:30:39 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/dining-with-polar-bears/#comment-246176 Kinda looks like Chinook is giving Kalluk a little kiss... probably just trying to steal a carrot or something else yummy that he has. Thanks for taking such good care of " da bears" -- I just love them so. Gosh it would be great to be able to afford the " Polars, Pandas and Pancakes" breakfast -- really a dream come true for some lucky folks. Hopefully they will write about their adventure in the blogs -- so that we can all live vicariously through them. Kinda looks like Chinook is giving Kalluk a little kiss… probably just trying to steal a carrot or something else yummy that he has. Thanks for taking such good care of ” da bears” — I just love them so. Gosh it would be great to be able to afford the ” Polars, Pandas and Pancakes” breakfast — really a dream come true for some lucky folks. Hopefully they will write about their adventure in the blogs — so that we can all live vicariously through them.

]]> By: Margaret http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/04/30/dining-with-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-246154 Margaret Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:35:22 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/dining-with-polar-bears/#comment-246154 Thanks, Kelly, makes me hungry. But then, it is dinner time here in VA. Glad to know that the bears' nutritional needs are monitored daily. They are in great hands. Love the photo of Chinook and Kalluk. She sure is a much happier and more lively girl this year than she was a year ago when she had just lost her sister, and best friend, Shikari. Glad that the introductions went so well and that they can all enjoy each other's company. Hopefully the breeding season is not completely over and that there is still a glimmer of hope for breeding to occur. Thanks, Kelly, makes me hungry. But then, it is dinner time here in VA.

Glad to know that the bears’ nutritional needs are monitored daily. They are in great hands. Love the photo of Chinook and Kalluk. She sure is a much happier and more lively girl this year than she was a year ago when she had just lost her sister, and best friend, Shikari. Glad that the introductions went so well and that they can all enjoy each other’s company. Hopefully the breeding season is not completely over and that there is still a glimmer of hope for breeding to occur.

]]> By: Debi in MA http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/04/30/dining-with-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-246145 Debi in MA Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:26:35 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/dining-with-polar-bears/#comment-246145 It sounds like a lot of fun and a nice varied diet! I love watching them eat their veggies! They really gobble up the lettuce fast, when it is tossed in the water, and I see them eating the carrots with great relish, too! It was fun to listen to your podcast and hear that they also eat yams! We just happen to be having salad, tonight, too! Do the bears ever argue over who eats what, when out on the exhibit, or have they simply created a routine where they go to their favourite food or favourite eating spots? They always seem so well mannered! It sounds like a lot of fun and a nice varied diet! I love watching them eat their veggies! They really gobble up the lettuce fast, when it is tossed in the water, and I see them eating the carrots with great relish, too! It was fun to listen to your podcast and hear that they also eat yams! We just happen to be having salad, tonight, too! Do the bears ever argue over who eats what, when out on the exhibit, or have they simply created a routine where they go to their favourite food or favourite eating spots? They always seem so well mannered!

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