Willbär on thin ice
Oct 23rd, 2009 | By mervi | Category: Featured articles23.10.2009 by Pernilla Thalin, Orsa Polar World
After a cold night the ice had frozen and Willbär’s food was placed on the ice in a white box. Of course, Herr Willbär was anxious to examine the contents of the box as soon as possible but oh, the ice was too thin to carry his weight – more than 250 kilos!
Well, our Willbär is a polar bear and certainly not afraid to jump into the ice cold water to get his food!
The box smells good! I wonder what yammy things are hiding inside…..maybe a salmon or two….I’m going to forget all about my diet and enjoy my lunch!
How do you like my icy restaurant? I think it’s OK but it will be even better when the days get colder and the ice gets thicker. Then I’m going to show you some ice breaking!!
Yesterday a team from Swedish TV visited the Polar World and both Ewa and Willbär seemed to enjoy all the attention showed to them. They were playing and swimming happily together. The highlight of the day was the two pumpkins they got for the first time in Orsa. Obviously they’ve eaten pumpkins before because they made a new ER (enclosure record) in running to catch the delicatesses. Pumpkins are such nice things – one can play with them not to mention one can eat them!
Willbär even stepped willingly on the scales that showed he now weighs 264 kilos!
264 kg !!! well that is already a lot of polar bear, we can thus call him “dikkertje”. I also believe that the ice must get ticker to hold Wilbar.
Dear Pernilla and Mervi, I really appreciate all your efforts to keep us informed about Wilbar and Ewa.
Dera Mervi,dear Pernilla
thank you so much for the good news from Orsa.It is always such a great pleasure for me to see the both bears in theit beautifull enclosure.I am very lucky,that they found their home in a place where a polar bear can get everything he needs. The pics are wonderfull.
Dear Mervi, dear Pernilla!
Thank you for the good news about Wilbar. I hope Eva is doing well too.
Dear Pernilla, dear Mervi,
It is nice to get your information on Wilbärs and Ewas life in Sweden. I am glad that they are doing well, and I am sure that Wilbär will learn the pleasures of real ice. They both are lucky bears in their beautiful Swedish home.
best Wishes,
Pim
Dear Mervi and Pernilla,
Thank you very much for keeping us posted on Wilbar. My, what a fine, hefty young bear he is! If it is cold enough for ice to form, then he will need extra calories to keep him warm, hihi….
Bear hugs, Sarsam
Dear Mervi-
I am very happy to hear and see Wilbär again. The 264 kilos are nearly unbelievable. How many kilos mus Raspi have, Wilbär looks not sooo heavy, but I do wish him an extra thick ice. Thanks also to Pernilla.
Hugs from caren
Hello all Willbär anf Ewa friends! Thank you for your kind comments. I’m very glad, too, that Pernilla keep us informed about our lovely bears. Let’s hope the snow will be falling soon,,,,,
Hallo Mervi,
vielen Dank für die wunderbaren Neuigkeiten aus Orsa. Es macht so viel Freude zu sehen, wie gut es den beiden Eisbären geht
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GiselaH
It is very good, Wilbar is a happy bear and Orsa is a nice place, is a happiness to read the reports. Thank you Pernilla for bringing us good news in days of so many bad news.
Dear Pernilla, dear Mervi,
I’ve just discovered the latest news from Orsa and it lights up my first day back at work after a four weeks’ vacation. Thank you so much for this “Zuckerle” (goodie).
Wilbär looks so fine ~ what a lucky bear he is! And Ewa too I think. Hope there will be Ewa-pictures soon too.
Grüssles Velvet