Honey Bear - 01-28-15In this 7-minute highlight video (Part 1 of 2) from January 29, 2014, Juliet decides to add to her bedding by shredding a small log on the ceiling. A cub continues to nurse while the others squawk about the drafts on this below zero day. The high and low for the day were -5°F and -20°F. Starting at 3:58:40 PM (15:55:40), she bites wood chips from the log and drops them in her den for over 4 minutes before settling back down on the cubs. After hearing the loud cries from the cubs, it didn’t seem possible that all that noise could come from such tiny cubs as showed itself sitting cute in the final seconds. Usually, mothers remain still when the cubs give the contended pulsing nursing sound and they move in response to cries. Today, Juliet heard a mix of those signals and continued to focus on the log.
In Part 2 of 2, Juliet was very generous and gave us many views of her tiny cubs.
Part 1
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAXydFL3cuw
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/118203783
Part 2
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsENqzROjSc
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/118205111
Archives: http://www.bearstudy.org/website/research/2014-juliet-archives.html
Honey taking a walk - 01-28-15Lily Fans spotted an ad for a program “Lily: a bears life” to air in the Twin Cities on tpt2 on February 4 at 7 PM http://www.tpt.org/?a=programs&id=24712. I suspect tpt means Twin Cities Public TV, but I don’t know what the 2 means and don’t know if it will be available online. I’m glad it is airing in the US and hope it airs to a wider audience than is indicated in this ad. I haven’t heard anything about it from the BBC.
Walking away - 01-28-15Yesterday, Honey took her first winter jaunt as she has done repeatedly in past winters. She headed up toward the chalet den, but no one was available to track her for an insight into what she was thinking. Her walk can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7idGByufk3I. This video is a wonderful example of how bears use a direct-register walk to save energy when traveling in snow. They step their rear foot in the track left by the front foot. Honey uses the same tracks on the way back to her den as well.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center