Joy mixed with shame. That is what the nursing staff felt at the birth of a baby elephant at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney. The chick was still three days earlier declared dead in the womb of the mother.
“While this news is incredible, the young elephant still has a long way to go,” said the director of the zoo Cameron Kerr. “We have no guarantee that the pup gets it in the long term, but we hope that his birth may be a good omen”.

On Monday, the keepers who accompanied the eighteen year old elephant Porntip during her pregnancy lasting 22 months were deeply saddened when they heard the news that the fetus died during labor.

According to the spokesperson of the zoo there was no heartbeat of the baby elephant. Also, according to the German elephant expert Thomas Hildebrand, the five elephants, which held the pregnant mother company, expressed grief because they have not felt the baby move.

It turned out that is not true. The new family member weighs 100 kilograms

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Eisbären, Sonne und Schnee sind eine Kombination, die ein wunderschönes Erlebnis garantiert. Ganz besonders dann, wenn Raspi wieder für Unterhaltung pur sorgt. Dieses Mal stand Fußballspielen auf dem Programm. Freundin Flocke hatte das Nachsehen, was macht eine Fußballbraut am Sonntag? Sie schaut zu, spielt mit, sucht sich eine Ersatzbeschäftigung – oder sie ist ein wenig sauer- ganz besonders dann, wenn der Fußballheld ihr auch noch den Hühnchensnack stibitzt.
Polar Bears, sun and snow are a combination which guarantees a wonderful experience. Especially when Raspi offers pure entertainment. This time soccer was on the plan. Girlfriend Flocke suffered a short-run disadvantage. What is a soccer’s bride doing on such Sunday? She is watching the game, takes part, looks for an alternative occupation – or she is a bit sour – especially when the hero of all soccers is sneaking the chicken-snack.

Raspi, Du willst doch heute wohl nicht Fußballspielen, oder?
Raspi, you’re not going to play soccer today, do you?

Spiel doch lieber mit mir!
Please, play with me!

Ich komme mal ganz kurz ins Wasser!
I’m coming to you into the water, just for a short while

Raspi …
Raspi …

in ….
on…

… Ballbesitz
… the ball

Raspi hält gekonnt den Ball
Raspi, the excellently keeping the goal

Raspi, der Stürmer
Raspi, the striker

Raspi zeigt Körpereinsatz
Raspi demonstrates physical excertation

Torhüter Raspi
Goalkeeper Raspi

Vera in der Ehrenloge
Vera on the house gallery

und Flocke genießt das Bad, während …
and Flocke enjoys a bath while …

es Halbzeit ist für Raspi
while it is half-time for Raspi

und Flöckchen die Zuschauer ablenkt
and sweet Flocke draws off the audience’s attention

Flocke pfeift zur zweiten Halbzeit an
the second half is kicked-off by Flocke

Jetzt muss ein Kanister ins Tor gebracht werden
Now the can has to be brought into the goal

Raspi stürmt los
It’s Raspi attacking

Handspiel
Hand-spike

Flocke nach Freistoß in Ballbesitz
After free-kick, Flocke is now on the ball

Raspi ist hochmotiviert, wieder an den Ball zu kommen
Raspi highly motivated to get on the ball again

Foul ! Foul ! Foul!

Flocke reklamiert
Flocke protests

Raspi muss auf die Strafbank
Raspi is sent to the penalty bench

Elfmeter für Flocke
penalty for Flocke

aber Raspi hat den Ball schon wieder
but Raspi is again on the ball

Flocke hat sich verausgabt und muss unbedingt jetzt eine Runde nuckeln
Flocke is exhausted and she must have a round ’suckling’ on her own

Raspi’s Art, abzuhängen
Raspi’s way for working-out

Es war ein wunderschöner Tag für uns, mit lieben Freunden live dabeigewesen zu sein!
With nice friends it  was a lovely day having seen the bears live!

Hugs, caren&bernd, live aus Nürnberg

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March 01, 2010

Research that suggests polar bears have evolved more quickly than previously believed is creating new questions about their adaptability as they face a warming environment.

Scientists at Penn State University studied DNA from a rare fossil found in Norway and determined that polar bears developed only about 150,000 years ago — much more recently than the six million years some researchers previously thought.

It means that the bears survived the last interglacial period, a time that also saw warm temperatures in the Arctic.

“One of the messages that the general public needs to accept is just how dynamic and flexible species are and how fast groups of individuals adapt to selective pressure,” says Stephan Schuster, one of the lead authors of the report published Monday in the U.S.-based Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

Polar bear fossils are exceedingly rare because the bears often die on the sea ice and their bodies eventually sink to the ocean floor.

But a well-preserved jawbone between 110,000 and 130,000 years old was found in Norway in 2004 — one of two such fossils in the world. Schuster’s group was able to sequence its DNA, making it the oldest mammalian genetic sequence in the world so far, and compare it to DNA from modern brown and polar bears.

“Our results confirm that the polar bear is an evolutionarily young species that split off from brown bears some 150,000 years ago and evolved extremely rapidly,” says report co-author Charlotte Lindqvist.

The results confirm that polar bears were around during the last interglacial period about 4,000 years ago — a time when the Arctic climate was generally warmer than now.

Schuster suggests polar bears survived those warm times by retreating to areas of continuing cold and ice, such as Norway’s Svalbard region. But he acknowledges his results are likely to be used by those who argue the bears aren’t endangered by current shrinking sea ice caused by climate change.

“I could easily see that either side of the climate discussion would try to use the results we present for their purposes.”

Schuster adds that some scientists even opposed publication of his research out of fear it would be misinterpreted by climate change skeptics.

“Politics should stay out of science,” he says. “Our key interest is to understand biological diversity.

“We’re also trying to understand this rate of change that happens in mammalian populations. It should be used as a data point, not for any political purposes.”

Schuster says the polar bear findings confirm a growing body of knowledge showing how quickly evolution can happen. He points to an adaptation in humans that allows adults to digest milk. That ability only developed about 8,500 years ago after agriculture was invented.

Still, Lindqvist warns that polar bears may have become so used to their icebound environment that it would be much harder for them to adapt this time — especially given the speed at which the Arctic is changing.

“The polar bear may be more evolutionarily constrained because it is today very specialized. Climate change now may be occurring at such an accelerated pace that we do not know if polar bears will be able to keep up.”

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The 35 years old Phang Thong Khun, an Asian elephant, gave birth to the twins in the province Surin on Saturday morning on March 6. It took two hours for the babies to enter the world.

The ‘cutefantjes’ have no names yet.

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A 13 years old wolverine managed to escape from his enclosure this morning in the Zoo Korkeasaari in Finland, near Helsinki.The snow made it easy for the wolverine to ‘hit the road’.

The female wolverine wasn’t staying in the same enclosure. The ‘fugitive’ isn’t dangerous to people, especially not this one because he’s already quite old.

He weights about 20 kilos and is 40 cm high. The dark brown animal moves in the way that reminds jogging.

The zoo is closed until the wolverine is caught and brought back to his enclosure. One might guess that the snow heaps will be removed…..

12.30

The wolverine has been found! Because it’s been snowing it was difficult to follow it’s tracks but at 12.30 it was found on the ice – about 6 km south of Korkeasaari (which is an island).

A veterinarian from the zoo aenesthisized the animal and the run-away-wolverine was brought back to his home where he’s now resting and recovering from his adventure.

The wolverines in the wilderness live about 5-7 years but in a zoo they can be much older. In Finland there are about 160 wolverines left and they’re  classified as endangered species.

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Zum 39. Monats-Geburtstag wurde am 05.03.10 eine Lieferung in den Bärenhof gebracht. Das Foto vom letzten Eintrag hat nur eine kleine Auswahl gezeigt, es gab natürlich viel mehr und wir mussten zwei Bollerwagen für den Transport benutzen.

Nachdem der strenge Winter vorbei, gibt es jetzt wieder regelmäßig alle 14 Tage eine Lieferung, worüber sich natürlich am meisten die Pfleger der Bären freuen. Ich danke allen Spendern für die erneute Sammlung, da gibt es dann wieder viele Leckereien für den Bärenhof und die Tiere danken es uns.

Danach ging es zur Fütterung der großen Eisbären, die unter anderem auch den gelieferten Lachs verputzten. Inzwischen schon 10.45 Uhr wurden Knut und Gianna aufgesucht, Knut war am ruhen und Gianna lief hin- und her. Knut passte heute wieder auf, das Gianna nicht zu nah an ihn rankam und wenn ja gab es die Tapirschnute.

Da ich noch einen Arzttermin hatte musste ich den Beiden den Rücken kehren und war erst nach der Fütterung von Knut wieder da. Inzwischen waren viele Knutianer eingetroffen und man konnte sich unterhalten, weil bei Knut und Gianna nicht viel passierte. Da es gestern wieder ausgesprochen kalt war, vor allen Dingen der starke Wind, legte man eine Kaffeepause im Zoo- Restaurant ein, damit man sich etwas von innen wärmen konnte.

Danach ging es wieder zu Knut und Gianna, man hatte nichts versäumt und so konnte man langsam den Weg zu Joe’s Wirtshaus zum Löwen einschlagen. Auch etliche neue Gesichter kamen heute zum Treffen, denen man endlich den Namen zuordnen kann. Der Abend war wie immer sehr schön und man kann sich schon auf das nächste Treffen am 03.04.10 freuen.

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Willy is silly; and he has a lot to be silly about these days. This wasn’t always the case. Willy spent his cubhood in a circus. There wasn’t anything silly about those days. Working in 100+ degree heat well-beyond a polar bear’s endurance; not enough water; and a too small cage…

Willy is a survivor. U.S. Authorities rescued Willy and his friends when the traveling Mexican Suarez Brothers Circus reached Puerto Rico in 2002. That’s when Willy’s life made a complete turn around. Willy has been at the North Carolina Zoo since then and has been well cared for and well loved ever since.

Willy is 24 and very special. People come from miles around to see him. He is friendly, funny and loves to put on a show! Willy’s favorite tricks are playing hide and seek; blowing bubbles right up against the glass wall; high-fiving visitors; and sticking his head in a bucket.

Willy is Wilhelm; he is 800 lbs.; and Willy likes ice! Back in November, 2009 a local ice company donated 2 tons of ice cubes for Willy’s enjoyment. The ice was covered in maple syrup! The frozen treat was thoroughly enjoyed by Willy. He laid on the ice, dug into the ice, rooted in the ice, napped on the ice and best of all, his beautiful tongue slurped up that delicious maple coating. Then Willy took a “n-ice” nap in it!

Willy’s other bear pals: Masha (who died 2 yrs. ago) joined him at N.C. Zoo. The other bears went to zoos in Detroit and Washington state. Remember the poignant story of Barle and her cub Talini at Detroit Zoo? Barle was another survivor of the circus. Barle became a first time mama and had to teach her baby to swim. Barle had to learn to swim herself in order to teach her cub. The triumphant pictures of them swimming will fill your heart with joy.

Willy is grateful, full of life, and one funny polar bear dude. Did I tell you that Willy is famous? He’s on the cover of The Dave Mathews Band album. Ain’t he something? I love Willy.

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” I do it my way”

Auch die Laune der Bärchen schien etwas eingetrübt zu sein.
Also, the bear’s mood seemed to be a bit cheerless.

Oh Mann, ist das heute langweilig hier !
Oh boy, is that boaring today !

Was soll ich heute nur spielen? Ich habe keine Lust.
I am not in the mood for playing.

Insbesondere Flocke ist sehr sensibel und ich wüsste gern, was in ihrem hübschen Köpfchen so vorgeht.
Especially Flocke is very sensitive and I would like to know what’s up in her beautiful little head.

Vera, auf der anderen Seite, spielte wieder ausgiebig mit ihren vielen Spielsachen.
Vera, being on the opposite side,  was playing very much with her numerous toys

Mein Diskuswerfen ist doch olympia-verdächtig, oder? Wann started die nächste Olympiade?
With my disk throw discipline I have qualified for the Olympic Games, haven’t I? When does the next Olymics start?

Diese Frisbee Scheibe ist echt ein nettes Spielzeug
This frisbee is really a lovely toy

Ich kann meinen Kopf darauf wie auf einem Tablett servieren
I can serve my head as if being on a tray

Raspi konnte kaum glauben, was er da drüben sah. Frl. Flocke war ein wenig sauer, dass Raspi ihrer Mama Vera so viel Aufmerksamkeit schenkte.
Raspi could not believe what he saw. Frl. Flocke was a bit upset that Raspi paid so much attention for Vera.

Raspi, lass doch die Mama mal in Ruhe spielen!
Raspi, leave Mom alone, let her play on her own!

Flocke konnte sich nicht zum Spielen entscheiden.
Flocke could not decide for a game.

Habt Ihr denn keine gute Idee?
Haven’t you got a good idea?

Flocke nervt heute. Sie ist wieder typisch Mädchen!
Flocke is stressy today, typically girlish!

“Fatty boomsie”

Außer einigen Wasserspielen zeigte sie Raspi ihre kalte Schulter.
Apart from some watergames she showed Raspi her cold fluffy shoulder.

Raspi, reg Dich nicht auf
Raspi, don’t get your panties in a bunch

Aber Flocke, was redest Du da?
Flocke, what are you talking about?

Raspi erschien plötzlich mit einem riesigen Ast an der Trenntür zu Vera’s Gehege, Vera war daran nicht so besonders interessiert.
Then Raspi suddenly carried a big branch to Vera’s door, but she was not interested very much.

Ich bin frustriert, Vera ist in unerreichbarer Höhe
I’m frustrated, Vera is up in unreachable altitude

Veraaaaa, komm doch mal …
Veraaaaa, come here ….

Dieses Teil wird die schöne Vera bestimmt beeindrucken, hoffe ich jedenfalls
This thing will impress Vera, the beauty (I hope so)

Vera, schau mal, was ich hier für Dich  habe …
Vera, look what I’ve got here for you ….

Als der Ast sich bewegte, bekamen Flocke und Raspi Angst, und sie sprangen mit einem Satz zurück. Typisch Mann: Raspi’s Sprung war entschieden weiter.
When the branch started moving, Flocke and Raspi were scared and jumped backwards. Raspi’s jump was bigger (typical man).

Ich setze die Hebelwirkung auf Raspi’s Boomsie an, und es funktioniert, hahaha
I bring leverage to bear on Raspi’s boomsie and it works, hahaha

Natürlich beschäftigte sich Raspi auch mit seinem Reifen und mit dem blauen Kanister. Zum ersten Mal konnten wir sehen, dass Raspi eine komplette Rolle seitwärts hinlegte.
Of course, Raspi was occupied with his tyre, too and for some minutes he played with the big blue can. For the first time we could see that Raspi is able to show a complete summersault to the side.

Uups, Rolle vorwärts mit Reifen
Uups, Summersault-Tyre-Raspi

Das macht richtig Spaß
That real fun

Habt Ihr das auch gesehen?
Have you seen it?

Dann entdeckte Raspi die blaue Tonne, dieses Mal nur für ein paar Minuten. Er scheint zu erwarten, dass die Tonne gefüllt ist, was nicht der Fall war, also zog er bald wieder ab.
Then he re-discovered the blue can, and played, however, only for a few minutes. He seems to expect the bowl being filled, but is was not and soon he abandoned it.

Diese Tonne ist immer leer ….
This can is always empty ….

…. auch wenn ich einen Handstand mache
…. also when doing a pawstand

Zusammengefasst war es ein entspannter Hump Day für …..
Nothing spectacular happened, it was just a relaxing Hump Day for …..

Frl. Flocke

Frau Vera und

Herrn Raspi

mehr Bilder gibt es hier
more pics are here

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Since I’m a godmother for polar bears and pandas WWF sends me their newsletters and I found this article in the latest issue. What has been possible in Russia should also be possible in Iceland. There’s no need to shoot the poor polar bears looking for food and a decent life! If there’s a will there’s a way! Greetings from Mervi

The polar bear patrol and Mr Kozhevnikov

In eastern Russia several hundreds of polar bears wander along the coast line and pass the villages Ryrkarpie and Vankarem every year. Due to the climate changes in Arctis the bears have decided for staying in land while waiting the sea to freeze again. The result of this has been that the polar bears have approached the villages looking for leftovers and carpage. In order to protect the inhabitants in the villages WWF has hired several very experienced hunters as the Polar Bear Patrol.

The mission of this patrol is to make an inventory of the bears and report to WWF but also to diminish the conflict between the inhabitants and the polar bears. So far the mission has been a great success!

Last autumn they saw a very tired, haggard polar bear on his way to the village Ryrkarpie. The patrol chased the bear away but he kept on coming back. However, very soon the bear understood that as long as he stayed on the spit of the village without disturbing the inhabitants he himself would be left alone.

Since the bear had the possibility to rest and access to a food supply he rapidly gained weight. Obviously he was enjoying his life because he stayed in the village for two months. The people living in the village got used to the polar bear and called him Mr Kozhevnikov after the spit he was living on.

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Yesterday it was right April-weather in Berlin. Day started with sheer sunshine and blue skies, which animated me to go to zoo immediately in the early morning. Daylong weather changed half-hourly. Sometimes there were darkest grey-black clouds with blue skies at the same time, approximately fifty-fifty. Within the six hours I spent in zoo, we had sunshine, rain, driving sleet, shower of sleet, and real snow!

The part with sunshine was such that you felt as being on vacation at the seaside, especially at the sea-lions pool. There were near to no visitors in the morning. Enzo and three of his ladies were beautifully swimming in formation across their pool. One of the sea-lion ladies, most probably Diego’s mother, set at the exposed rock in their pool and craned her head towards the sun, such looking from far like a statue. Little Diego visited her once in a while. He climbed the rock in order to see whether there was access to his source of milk. It was not! He didn’t really mind and continued his business?. He is a funny little guy, who usually swam confidently his own laps. Also Mandy and Hilde, the little seals, swam around happily in their pool.

Petzi and Siddy also enjoyed the sun, far away from each other: Siddy laying at her pitch, that’s next to the wall in the background which separates the brown bears’ enclosure from that of the wolves, Petzi slept contently in one of the stone cages to which you get sight-access from the way alongside the wolves and coaties? enclosures.

The four wolves gave a matinee-concert-performance of the finest kind Falco (!) started timidly, Pelle joined in, followed diffidently by the two wolf-girls. This time I saw the four of them peacefully together. Pelle even didn’t lift his tail to show he is the boss, such there were no missunderstandings and everything remained peaceful. He also didn’t bother one of the girls this time he just made sure they were next to him. He obviously is most content when Falco is approximately four to at least two meters far from him and the girls.

The Gr-zebra little-ones are not so little anymore, at first sight it was even not possible to see which were the adult ones and which the three descendants. They are very attentive, especially one of them kept an eye on me. When I was under the impression it kind of nodded to me, I did the same. So we started kind of communication like that, which was very funny. I nodded, he/she answered. She/he nodded, I answered?. When I finally left there enclosure, he/she was after me with his/her looks until it looked to it like I was out of sight and continued to nosh as though nothing had happened. At least for me it was fun!

The trees in zoo still look lifeless but when you stand still and have a closer look, you can discover squirrels and birds, which you hear anyway all around zoo but don’t see them immediately. The eagles are also back in their aviary and are making some noise – this special kind of screech.

Lulu has fortunately improved a lot; however, I didn’t see her walking, just eating happily her portion of hay in the middle of the enclosure, Nico took his under the roof in the background.

Kumi obviously enjoyed that there was a visitor taking to her. She listened carefully. It’s obvious, she likes it! I made this experience once already earlier. After a while she started to go for a stroll, she made rounds within her far too small stall followed by her lovable daughter Zawadi round and round?.

Little Kigoma and mother Maburi are certainly also always worth a visit as the four tapirs are. I love them all in the Nashornhaus.

As you know already by now the three polar bear ladies are in the small enclosure next to Devi and Sutra, which were unfortunately not to be seen ? most certainly it was again too cold for them Therefore, I went to see them at their feeding time. They copy quite peacefully with one another; however, Tosca and Nancy are always eager to make sure that Katjuscha keeps a little distance. If she comes too close to their opinion, they push her aside ? not really unfriendly but decisive either with their full long side or taking their paws as an aid. Even I felt pity with Katjuscha, she obviously always would like to be near Nancy, I had to grin as this behaviour reminds me a lot of human behaviour. Sometimes animals are not such different from one another one normally thinks

Finally I come to our darlings Knuti and Giovanna. When we arrived their enclosure early in the morning, Knuti was awake but in a very relaxative position on his prominent rock looking dozily at his visitors. Giovanna slept in the deep hole they have dig together and was hardly to be seen. When I came back after a extensive zoo round, Giovanna still slept at the same place and Knuti alongside the bears’ court rocks in the sun. So I went for a second tour, followed by a short restaurant visit.

At the time Knuti’s feeding came nearer, a good many of visitors had rallied round him including some visitors of foreign countries which were content to get the chance to witness a Knuti-feeding. Knuti then was too sweet when he munched his food with relish and begged for more each time it went not quick enough with the feeding in his opinion. When Giovanna came back and after she had picked up anything that was left as e.g. some carrots and apples, Mrs Weckert had thrown in the upper part of the enclosure for her, the both of them didn’t make a fuss but it was nice anyway to see their little actions and sparsely kisses. It looks so sweet when one of them takes just the black point of the nose of the other one very softly between their impressive teeth for a polar bear kiss! Mmmmmmm……..

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