The 32-year-old Sasha and Alexandra, who had been inseparable even on their walks and fell into hibernation collectively, for the primary time this yr slept individually
Individually, for the primary time in 10 years, the aged bears of Nymphaeus fell into hibernation. They’d been “sticky” since 2015, once they had been transferred from the Thessaloniki Zoo to the ARKTOUROS Conservation Middle.
The 32-year-old Sasha and Alexandra, who had been inseparable even throughout their walks and fell into hibernation collectively, slept individually for the primary time this yr.
As ARKTOURS' communication supervisor, Panos Stefanou, instructed the Athenian/Macedonian Information Company, the 2 “grandmothers” had slept collectively for the reason that first winter that they had been transferred to Nymphaeum and since then…had been sleeping collectively. “However this yr, that modified and so they slept individually. Nevertheless, many bears change habits, typically sleeping in synthetic nests and different occasions making their very own,” explains Mr. Stefanou, including that the 20 bears of the Safety Middle in Nymphaeus went into hibernation a little bit earlier this yr, because of climate situations.
Many of the bears, resembling Bradley, Cooper, Patrick and Masha, most well-liked the substitute nests ready by their caretakers, whereas others, resembling Sandy, Mira and the “grandmothers”, 32-year-old Tasula and 37-year-old Katerina, they selected pure nests.
The ARKTOUROS Safety Middle in Nymphaeum will stay closed till March.
