Lily and the mound of bedding.Lily cooperated by lowering the great barrier mound so we can see the cubs when they poke their heads out of her fur. But we’re not sure if we’re seeing a tiny slit of eye opening yet, or not. During REM sleep, we can see the eyeballs going crazy under the eyelids, and we see a dark line where the slit should be. But is dark what we would see to signify an opening? 
Cub emerging from Lily's fur.Or would we see white eye shine reflecting the infra-red camera lights? All we know is that at times, the sleepy cubs show a thin dark line where the opening should be. We’ll see if this dark line gets wider or if we will suddenly see eye shine and are sure. A video of Lily and her cubs is posted at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw8iwr8QVqI.
Cubs sleeping closely.With a few hours to go before the midnight cut-off, you have achieved the $10,000 goal for technical equipment in the Hope Learning Center classroom and you have given nearly $2,000 more to add some chairs and tables to be labeled “A gift of Lily Fans.” Thank you! This makes an important difference, as you know. http://givemn.razoo.com/story/Valentines-For-The-Hope-Learning-Center
Thank you for all you do.
—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center
All pictures were taken today unless otherwise noted.