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Little excursions

Ср, 03/19/2008 - 15:50 — figovina

Behind the scenes, Flocke is allowed to venture outdoors every now and again. Accompanied by one of her keepers, she frolics about on mats in the fresh air. But still the zoo keepers make sure that her environment is kept free from germs.

11.03.2008

Today marks the Flocke 3 months. Watching her doctors today gave its first bone, books bear grown food with the firm. She was very liked, and the weight of the Flocke grows by day, and on the clock.

09.03.2008

The sound health the Flocke allows its trustees to manage now a mask and gloves. It around many people for fast translation in the open open-air cage gradually accustom to see.

Also, to it for the first time have made a warm shower of a bucket to prepare for a reservoir. Meanwhile, the weight of the Snowflake makes 10,85 kg. It is still fed with high-calorific milk which drinks approximately 1,5 l in day already from a cup.

29.02.08

29.02.08 - Flocke's soft toys have to take a lot of "wear and tear". The polar bear cub really likes to test her claws and teeth now. So the task of the day is finding sturdier play mates.

"Flocke takes everything apart", reports Dr. Bernhard Neurohr, Nuremberg Zoo's vet. "We have to watch that she doesn't bite bits off her soft toys – and we will get more robust toys." In Flocke's box, a layer of hard polystyrene was inserted for heat insulation between the rubber covering and the wooden base. The polar bear has already started digging her way through the insulating material.

Flockes new nursery

14.02.08 - Flocke has covered her new nursery. The space in which up to now Flockes box stood was lined partly with a wooden wooden wall and was laid out with elastic mats. In this about 7.5 square metre box flake can realise her stronger and stronger growing motor activity.

11.02.2008

Happy birthday, Flocke!

First teeth

February 07, 2008 - Flocke has first teeth! In the upper jaw clear two canine and a chisel. Nuremberg Zoo Veterinary doctor, Dr. Bernhard Noyror find this morning. Meanwhile, female polar bears has size 65 cm and weighs 5.7 kg.

And next Friday in Nuremberg father returned from Gelzenkhern Flocke - Felix. His isolated from spectators and other animals, and leave some time for acclimatization separately.

The looking-glass

February 02, 2008 - for the first time showed a mirror Flocke. Young long walk around lick reflected, and tried to scare him. Walks Flocke still very uncertain, but very confidently and loudly called milk (as seen on the videos and anecdotes about feeding).

Waiting for April

Zoo prepares for shaft visits in April 2008, when the most popular Bear peace will be translated into a common enclosure, available to spectators. The expected number - around 25000 visitors in the peak weekends and school vacation days. Overall, "Floquet-fever" will lead to the zoo additional 250000 viewers this year.

First steps

January 29, 2008 year

Dr. Bernhard Nero, this morning: "Dipper steadily growing, already weighs 4200 grams. Makes first steps, and even falling asleep. Through the gums proglyadyvayut first teeth."

Where do polar bears live? Polar bears range throughout the circumpolar north in areas where they can hunt seals at open leads. The five "polar bear nations" in which the bears are found include the U.S. (Alaska), Canada, Russia, Denmark (Greenland), and Norway. Polar bears do not live in the southern hemisphere.

The number of polar bear populations that are declining has increased. In 2005, a group of scientists and managers from five Arctic nations unanimously concluded that two of Canada’s 13 populations were depleted and five were declining. This is in contrast to a 2001 assessment that only one to two populations were in decline.
In the Western Hudson Bay, published peer-reviewed studies show that the population declines and other changes - such as reduced weight, decreased reproductive success, and decreased size - are clearly linked to the decline in sea ice.
Since 2002, many polar bear populations in Alaska have shown increasing signs of stress, including drownings, malnutrition, and cannibalism. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that all polar bears in Alaska may be extinct as early as 2050.

"Flocke (snowflake) must not melt". She won't. But the snow and the pack ice of the Arctic will melt, unless we take the earth's climate more into account and start living and working in a more sustainable way . Little Flocke can be an ambassador for her fellow polar bears in the extreme northern regions who will not be able to survive without pack ice.

What can each of us do for the protection of polar bears and of our climate?

1. Make donations to polar bear projects run locally by scientists and conservationists.

Nature organisations and organisations protecting endangered species support research on polar bears and the introduction of reservations. What protects polar bears will also help other wildlife and plants in the Arctic.

2. When shopping, look out for certificates of compliance with climate standards.

When shopping for many consumer goods (such as vegetables, fish, coffee, clothing, timber, electric appliances and more) we now have a choice between conventionally produced goods and those which comply with specific environmental, climatic, and social standards.

3. Lead a "climate-aware" life

However, changing your shopping habits won't be enough. Our life style should also become sustainable. In our homes and on our travels, even in our eating habits and when investing money – we can look out for ecological standards. But don't worry: the modern answer to the challenge of climate change is not an ascetic life style. The key word is "compensation". If you like to drive your sports car, you can adjust your life style elsewhere to make up for increased CO2 output.

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