Comments on: Sun Bears: Growing Up Great http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/12/12/sun-bears-growing-up-great/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:40:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Catbelly (NJ) http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/12/12/sun-bears-growing-up-great/comment-page-1/#comment-408351 Catbelly (NJ) Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:02:17 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/?p=2950#comment-408351 I always find it interesting to read the history of the animals. Rescued as a pet ?? I recently had the pleasure of talking to a bird keeper and found out that many of the birds on exhibit at another zoo were also rescued in a similar fashion, having been taken from the nest at an early age. It saddens me to hear such stories, knowing that species are becoming endangered in such a manner. Marcella is doing an excellent job in taking care of her cubs. I can't wait to find out more! I always find it interesting to read the history of the animals. Rescued as a pet ?? I recently had the pleasure of talking to a bird keeper and found out that many of the birds on exhibit at another zoo were also rescued in a similar fashion, having been taken from the nest at an early age. It saddens me to hear such stories, knowing that species are becoming endangered in such a manner.

Marcella is doing an excellent job in taking care of her cubs. I can’t wait to find out more!

]]> By: Suzanne http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/12/12/sun-bears-growing-up-great/comment-page-1/#comment-408248 Suzanne Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:49:27 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/?p=2950#comment-408248 Marie, In a sense. Marcella is not as adapted to handling as is our panda group. She is also a bear we believe was rescued from a life as a pet, separated from her own mother at too young an age and not well handled by the humans around her when she was very young. As a result, she and the other adult Bornean sun bears in the US have to be treated carefully. Even under the best of circumstances sun bears are known to be aggressive and dangerous and can do a lot of damage with their very sharp claws. Marie,

In a sense. Marcella is not as adapted to handling as is our panda group. She is also a bear we believe was rescued from a life as a pet, separated from her own mother at too young an age and not well handled by the humans around her when she was very young. As a result, she and the other adult Bornean sun bears in the US have to be treated carefully. Even under the best of circumstances sun bears are known to be aggressive and dangerous and can do a lot of damage with their very sharp claws.

]]> By: Marie http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/12/12/sun-bears-growing-up-great/comment-page-1/#comment-408241 Marie Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:18:54 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/?p=2950#comment-408241 I'm surprised that you treat them so differently than the Panda cub. Xi was weighed and sexed by the time he was two days old and every day after that. Is Marcella so much more dangerous then Lun Lun? I’m surprised that you treat them so differently than the Panda cub. Xi was weighed and sexed by the time he was two days old and every day after that. Is Marcella so much more dangerous then Lun Lun?

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