Comments on: Manchurian Brown Bear is Back! http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/manchurian-brown-bear-is-back/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:12:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Diana S. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/manchurian-brown-bear-is-back/#comment-219880 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:37:17 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/manchurian-brown-bear-is-back/#comment-219880 How cool that he is back to his old stomping grounds!! He does sounds huge; we won't be able to miss him! How cool that he is back to his old stomping grounds!! He does sounds huge; we won’t be able to miss him!

]]> by: Margaret http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/manchurian-brown-bear-is-back/#comment-216813 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:06:29 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/manchurian-brown-bear-is-back/#comment-216813 Since the Grizzly brothers were orphaned, hopefully a very vocal Blackie will teach them many adult male bear sounds (voices). It will be an enrichment to have him in their area for sure! Since the Grizzly brothers were orphaned, hopefully a very vocal Blackie will teach them many adult male bear sounds (voices). It will be an enrichment to have him in their area for sure!

]]> by: Sayuri http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/manchurian-brown-bear-is-back/#comment-215496 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:29:02 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/manchurian-brown-bear-is-back/#comment-215496 I'm looking forward to meeting this handsome fella. Is he going too be housed in the Bear Canyon? <em>Moderator's note: Yes, Blackie will live next to the grizzly bear brothers in Bear Canyon.</em> I’m looking forward to meeting this handsome fella. Is he going too be housed in the Bear Canyon?

Moderator’s note: Yes, Blackie will live next to the grizzly bear brothers in Bear Canyon.

]]> by: Margaret http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/manchurian-brown-bear-is-back/#comment-214843 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:01:42 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/manchurian-brown-bear-is-back/#comment-214843 Thanks, Yvette, for a most educational and entertaining re-introduction to Blackie. I was there in 1987, but unfortunately I don't remember him. Are any of the keepers that cared for him from 1987-1997 still there? It will be interesting to see if he has any memories of SDZ smells, sounds, and people, especially since studies are being done on different US zoo bear species' memories. It might give some information to add to the study. He is one very large bear, and sounds like he is in excellent health for such a geriatric gentleman. A tribute to the care he has received over the past 20+ years. To make the trip from Tennessee to SD is no small feat, even for a young bear. So, to make it at age 24, is a testiment to his stamina. His huffing was to remind you that he is "king." Thanks, Yvette, for a most educational and entertaining re-introduction to Blackie. I was there in 1987, but unfortunately I don’t remember him.

Are any of the keepers that cared for him from 1987-1997 still there? It will be interesting to see if he has any memories of SDZ smells, sounds, and people, especially since studies are being done on different US zoo bear species’ memories. It might give some information to add to the study.

He is one very large bear, and sounds like he is in excellent health for such a geriatric gentleman. A tribute to the care he has received over the past 20+ years. To make the trip from Tennessee to SD is no small feat, even for a young bear. So, to make it at age 24, is a testiment to his stamina. His huffing was to remind you that he is “king.”

]]> by: Lainie http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/manchurian-brown-bear-is-back/#comment-214831 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:31:47 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/manchurian-brown-bear-is-back/#comment-214831 Awesome. Bears have always been a favorite ! Why was he in Tennessee for so many years ? Was he part of a breeding program that has ended ? Was he on loan for other reasons ? Thanx for the profile, on such another magnificent creature !! Awesome. Bears have always been a favorite ! Why was he in Tennessee for so many years ? Was he part of a breeding program that has ended ? Was he on loan for other reasons ?

Thanx for the profile, on such another magnificent creature !!

]]> by: Bernice http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/manchurian-brown-bear-is-back/#comment-214357 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:38:22 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/manchurian-brown-bear-is-back/#comment-214357 What a magnificent bear! Such a treat and honour to be with him and care for him in the fur... What a magnificent bear! Such a treat and honour to be with him and care for him in the fur…

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