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#grizzly

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Carolyn

Shintay, the 26-yr-old grizzly at the Toronto Zoo, is awake!

instagram.com/reel/DHjbp1mPe9j/

#Grizzly #TorontoZoo #WorldBearDay.

InstagramToronto Zoo on Instagram: "Awake in time for #WorldBearDay 🐻 Did you hear? Grizzly bear Shintay, on the heels of her 26th year of life, is awake from her winter torpor! Grizzly bears participate in what’s known as winter torpor each year. It’s a state of reduced physiological activity, similar to hibernation, where animals lower their body temperature, heart rate, and breathing rate to conserve energy during periods of cold weather or food scarcity, often for shorter durations than hibernation. As she continues having access to her behind-the-scenes den, please note that Shintay may be unviewable at times to guests travelling through the Canadian Domain. Adjusting to her outdoor habitat after being in her den means she may be a little sensitive to noise. During your next Zoo visit, be a good guest by keeping your noise levels to a minimum. Shintay thanks you 🐻"256 likes, 2 comments - thetorontozoo on March 23, 2025: "Awake in time for #WorldBearDay 🐻 Did you hear? Grizzly bear Shintay, on the heels of her 26th year of life, is awake from her winter torpor! Grizzly bears participate in what’s known as winter torpor each year. It’s a state of reduced physiological activity, similar to hibernation, where animals lower their body temperature, heart rate, and breathing rate to conserve energy during periods of cold weather or food scarcity, often for shorter durations than hibernation. As she continues having access to her behind-the-scenes den, please note that Shintay may be unviewable at times to guests travelling through the Canadian Domain. Adjusting to her outdoor habitat after being in her den means she may be a little sensitive to noise. During your next Zoo visit, be a good guest by keeping your noise levels to a minimum. Shintay thanks you 🐻".
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Carolyn

Here it was a split second later, higher (I was shooting 6fps). (I love this series of images.)

Somewhere I have a series of a polar bear playing with a smaller ball, bouncing it on the bottom of its pool as it plays under water. Animals may live to survive, but they are so capable of play. :)

#Grizzly #TorontoZoo #WorldBearDay.

A grizzly bear is in a pool, playing with a huge ball. It's standing up, but we barely see it behind the wash of water that has resulted in the force of ball launching from being pushed down into the water. We can see that the bear is looking up at the ball, it rose so high. A high shutter speed has captured the amazing dynamics of the water.
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Carolyn

Think of the force it takes to "bounce" a ball this big into the water so far that it bounces up like this? It was having so much fun that day. I think it is the male, Sampson (but apologies to Shintay, if I'm mistaken).

FWIW, if this was Sampson, he died at the age of 25, so he was a spritely 17 here. :)

A brown grizzly is standing in a pool of water, with a huge light-green ball over its eyeliner, caught with an amazing (I don't know how to describe it) massive water display surrounding it, caught with a high shutter speed, showing the amazing force into which it had been forced into the water.
#Grizzly#TorontoZoo#WorldBearDay
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Catherine Babault

This is my 5000th post so I will celebrate with a photo from my archives of a grizzly bear, also known as brown bear, in the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia.

The Great Bear Rainforest is a global treasure that covers 6.4 million hectares on British Columbia’s north and central coast. Learn more here: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/env

A grizzly bear walks on a rocky shoreline with boulders covered by kelp. In the background is a temperate rainforest draped in fog.
#grizzly#GreatBearRainforest#photography
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The Perpetually Curious!

🌟 Discover Baby Brown Bears in the Wild 🐻🌲✨ 'Baby Animals Series' | #3.2

🐻✨ Explore the world of baby brown bear cubs! Watch as these fuzzy bundles of energy emerge from winter dens, learn survival skills, and bond with their protective mother. Don't miss this magical glimpse into the wilderness! 🌿

👁️👉 Watch the episode here: ▶️ youtu.be/LtOuZLv1CfY

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#brownbear#grizzly#cubs
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Catherine Babault

I've made the Top 5 stories of August 2024 in the local news with my video of the grizzly bear sow and her two cubs. It was the first confirmed sighting of a grizzly sow and 2 cubs on Vancouver Island but grizzlies have been regular visitors here for decades and could already been living here but out of sight. Watch the news coverage on CHEK News: cheknews.ca/grizzlies-move-in-
Or my entire video on my YouTube Channel: youtube.com/watch?v=5K4kEb1lC7

CHEK · Grizzlies move in, Martin Mars moves on: CHEK’s top 5 stories of August 2024By CHEK News
#grizzly#VancouverIsland
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