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Suka finds a fish by the pool in the private den at the Arctic Encounter |
I
took a behind-the-scenes tour of the Arctic Encounter at the Toledo
Zoo with some of my local polar bear friends recently. Since Crystal and the Twins Suka and Sakari are in the
main exhibit all day, Nan and Marty enjoy life in the back quarters,
which has two main areas. Then at 4 p.m., Nan and Marty come into the
main exhibit area, and Crystal and her cubs go into the private area.
Ich nahm einen Blick
hinter die Kulissen der Arctic Encounter im Toledo Zoo. Seit Crystal
und die Twins Suka und Sakari in der Hauptausstellung sind den ganzen
Tag, genießen Sie Nan und Marty Leben in den Quartalen zurück, die
zwei Hauptbereiche hat. Dann bei 16 Uhr, Nan und Marty in die
Hauptausstellung Bereich kommen und Crystal und ihre Jungen gehen in
den privaten Bereich.
Behind the scenes...
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Entering the forbidden area. |
First
stop is the water treatment plant, which circulates 500,000 gallons
of water for the Polar Bears and the Seals. The Polar Bear pool
is100,000 gallons of salt water.
Erste Station ist die
Wasser Kläranlage, die 500.000 Gallonen Wasser zirkuliert für die
Eisbären und die Seelöwen. Der Eisbär Pool beträgt 100.000
Gallonen Salzwasser.
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The state-of-the-art indoor water filtration system for the pools of the seals and the polar bears
We
also saw the freezer where the ice treats for the bears are made.
Wir sahen auch der
Gefrierschrank, wo das Eis Leckereien für die Bären gemacht werden.
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The goodie freezer, where some of the ice treats for the bears are made.
There
is an outdoor digging yard, which we could see, but it was empty at
the time. The cement walls extend five feet into the ground, so the
bears can't dig their way out.
Es ist ein
Outdoor-Graben Hof, die wir sehen konnten, aber es war zu dem
Zeitpunkt leer. Die Betonwände erstrecken sehr tief, so dass die
Bären können nicht graben ihren Weg aus.
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The private den, with pool. The birthing dens, with cameras, are in the wall to the left. See the fish on the floor. The roof is open air
The
den area is where the cubs and their mother lived until they were
ready for the big pool. It has a small pool that can be made
shallower with a wooden floor when the cubs are small and just
learning to swim.
Die den Bereich ist, wo
die Jungen und ihre Mutter lebte, bis sie bereit für den großen
Pool waren. Es hat einen kleinen Pool, der flacher gemacht mit einem
Holzboden werden kann, wenn die Jungen klein und nur zu lernen, zu
schwimmen sind.
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Suka finds a fish...
There
are two birthing dens here too, where Crystal gave birth to Aurora
and Anana and Nan gave birth to Nikita in 2006. Crystal also had Siku
here in 2009. Aurora and Anana are now at the Columbus Zoo, Nikita is
at the Kansas City Zoo, and Siku is at the Louisville Zoo.
Es gibt zwei Geburt
dens auch hier, in dem Crystal gebar Aurora und Anana und Nan gebar
Nikita im Jahr 2006. Kristall hatte auch Siku hier im Jahr 2009.
Aurora und Anana sind jetzt an der Columbus Zoo, ist Nikita am Kansas
City Zoo und Siku ist am Louisville Zoo.
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Suka moves the fish to the "pot" |
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Suka isn't eating the fish, but she is playing with it |
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The fish is more of a toy than a snack to a polar bear cub |
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Put it into the pot |
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Take it out of the pot |
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Sniff it, lick it. |
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Put it back in the pot |
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See if it bends |
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Crystal will eat the fish, but the cubs just play . Polar bears don't eat fish in the wild. |
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Crystal in the private den area
The public main habitat area seen by the visitors has three areas: a protected
air conditioned den, the big pool area, and the mountain region,
which also has a digging pit and a small pool. The windows are
amazing, and visitors can interact with the swimming bears.
Der Lebensraum besteht
aus drei Regionen: eine geschützte klimatisierte Höhlen, einen
großen Pool und die Bergregion, die hat auch einen Graben Grube und
einen kleinen Pool. Die Fenster sind fantastisch, und die Besucher
können die Bären schwimmen sehen.
In the public den area...
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Crystal nurses the cubs in the sheltered den area of the public enclosure. It is air conditioned, and all the bears like to nap here too
Next to "the mountain"
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I'm king of the Mountain! |
By the little pool
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Crystal inspects the little pool, which is empty. They flush the sand out and fill it up later
The
Arctic Encounter, which has 6000 square feet of land, plus pools,
waterfalls and streams, opened in 2000. Before that, the polar bears were in a much smaller, older habitat in the historic part of the zoo, where the sloth bears now live.
Die
Arctic Encounter, die eine großes Stück Land sowie Pools,
Wasserfällen und Bächen hat, im Jahr 2000 eröffnet.
Davor waren die
Eisbären in einem viel kleineren, älteren Lebensraum im
historischen Teil des Zoos, wo das Sloth Bears jetzt leben.
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The big outdoor window
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Watching Sakari through the big outside view window. The little pool is here too |
The big pool
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The 100,000 gallon saltwater pool is great for swimming. Sakari has a bone in his mouth. |
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The indoor Gallery Windows give a great view of the fun/
There
is children's cave area too, where the bears sometimes play.
Die Bären spielen
manchmal in der Kinder-Höhle.
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The cave
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The play cave, great for relaxing, has big viewing windows |
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Guests can watch the bears play in the cave, through big windows |
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See you later.... |
Suka
and Sakari are two of the four polar bear cubs we can see in U.S.
Zoos this year. The other two are Kali and Luna in the Buffalo Zoo.
Suka und Sakari sind
zwei der vier Eisbärenkinder wir in US-Zoos sehen kann in diesem
Jahr. Die anderen beiden sind Kali und Luna in der Buffalo Zoo.
Dear Molly - you did spoil your public again with a most charming report, interesting information and beautiful photos of the lovable polar bears. Great stuff. Thank you so much!
ReplyDelete23.07.2013
Dear Molly,
ReplyDeletebehind the scenes is always very thrilling. You brought us wonderful photos. I like the fish in and out the pot very much, looks like Suka wants to cook its fish :)))
Thanks for all your interesting information.
Hugs, from caren
Dear Molly
ReplyDeleteThanks for your interesting and well illustrated report.
A look behind the scenes is thrilling - the different
parts of the enclosure look very fine.The twins
are cute and Crystal is a very relaxed mother.
Greetings
Chris