Last pic looks like a teaching moment!
“Now this stuff is called “food”, that you must learn how to eat, so I can have some peace!”
lol!
Oregon Zoo black bear dies suddenly of cardiac arrest
A black bear at the Oregon Zoo died unexpectedly Friday during a routine health check.
In a press release, zoo leaders said the bear, named Takoda, went under cardiac arrest while under anesthesia. Staff performed CPR for more than 30 minutes, but they couldn’t revive him.
Takoda arrived at the zoo in 2010 after he had been orphaned as a cub in Montana, according to the release. He was found hungry and dehydrated, and he weighed less than 3 pounds.
“It is just devastating for the zoo staff and really the entire zoo community,” Travis Koons, who oversees the zoo’s Great Northwest area, said in a statement. “Takoda brought so much joy. He was the life and spirit not only of the group of black bears but also the care staff.”
During his first years at the zoo, Takoda amazed zoo staff and guests by climbing a 50-foot Douglas fir tree to feast on new growth near the top. This also benefited his three bear companions, who would wait at the foot of the tree for whatever he dropped.
As he got older, he became more inclined to spend warm days in a 300-gallon tub of water.
“He loved splashing around in his tub,” Koons said. “He was spunky, amazingly smart and an incredible, fun-loving individual.”
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/04/07/oregon-zoo-black-bear-takoda-dies-suddenly-cardiac-arrest/
Darn it cut the last video short. She tried and tried, and managed to climb up my leg eventually. Those little claws are sharp!
Thanks for the kind words FRiends. But Mom did all the work. Is still doing it. She must feel more comfortable with that though now. Now I see her washing them, when I took her to the vet last week, I asked if they were clean, because we never saw mom washing.