Comments for Polar Blogs

Comment on Oh, Miss Chinook! by Ethan Pasagranto

Ethan Pasagranto — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:46:48 +0000

In fact, this phenomenon is one of the dangers currently facing polar bears.

Comment on Polar Bears White and Brown by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:22:00 +0000

Yes, the vocals Kalluk make are very similar to the vocals you’ve heard from the brown bears in Alaska. I have also spent a good amount of time there, so I do know what you are referring to. And both brown bear mothers and polar bear mothers have similar-sounding calls for their cubs.

Comment on Polar Bears White and Brown by CAMatt

CAMatt — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:41:00 +0000

Ms. Simerson,
I occasionally tune into this site and was delighted to see what you call “flirtation.” I have many years of experience guiding visitors to the Alaska Peninsula to view wild brown bears, and have hundreds of hours of bear interaction observation. It’s thrilling for me to watch your male polar bear try to control his female’s actions, and to watch her tolerate his behavior, just as brown bears do in the wild.

My question is this: is he vocalizing? I see his mouth open and close. Brown bear males will huff and pop as they follow females in estrus. Their popping noise is similar to the noise that mothers make when they are calling their wandering cubs.

Comment on “Who’s Who?” by Ilyse

Ilyse — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:25:25 +0000

WOW looooong story.

Comment on Oh, Miss Chinook! by Ilyse

Ilyse — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:24:11 +0000

I agree with Brandy. It would be a cool idea. but I REALLY don’t like the idea of animals in cages. the animals did NOT do anything to us. We should probably leave them alone before we get the NATURE’S REVENGE curse:).

Comment on Reindeer Baby Boris Grows Up by Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:25:00 +0000

He is so cute!!! Way to go Boris!

So — on a completely different note — I’m having a hard time navigating the new blog site. Where are the old comments — most blogs show “0 Comments” — which seems strange. Also — can we please, please have an update on Chinook? Thank you!

Moderator’s note: Hi, Cheryl. This blog section is a copy of our main blog section, where you’ll find polar bear posts with lots of comments. Start at http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/ and then click on “Polar Bears” under the category section.

Comment on Reindeer Baby Boris by Lallen

Lallen — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:47:00 +0000

I would like to hear updates on the reindeer calf.

Comment on Reindeer Baby Boris by Chantal

Chantal — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:44:00 +0000

How cute! How is he doing now? Is his mother nursing him now? I can imagine, it must be weird for her, that he was gone. Hopefully she was happy to have her baby back and could still nurse!

Comment on Teen Arctic Ambassador: Day 4 by Brendaferich

Brendaferich — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 01:24:00 +0000

Hi Rachel, I am so proud of you and of course take credit for beginning this journey in kindergarten. How? the Teddy Bear Picnic and Songs….”Going on a Bear Hunt”, “Did You Know….that bears have babies? We call them cubs…” Can’t wait to hear all about it when you get home. Hugs, Mrs. Ferich

Comment on Oh, Miss Chinook! by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:51:00 +0000

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