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Tasha, Holly, WRI Bears - UPDATE August 30, 2016
30 August 2016
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The staff report on Tasha?s progress is encouraging, although we haven?t yet had Tasha and Lucky out together. Holly chases Tasha, but they make no sound and Holly is just trying to stay near Tasha who is running away. Holly relaxed while foraging
A very relaxed Holly on 8/29/16
My interpretation is that Holly would like to play with Tasha like she does with Lucky; but Tasha is wary of playing with big Holly, who may have played too rough with her.
The staff report says:
?Today Tasha was out at about 8:40 AM and Holly about 9:05 AM . Tasha continues to go to the back of the big enclosure and seems relaxed and enjoying herself in the same general area. Tasha was observed doing some serious stomp walking on the mound (behind Ted's enclosure) both today and yesterday. Yesterday Tasha stomp walked within about 25 feet of where Holly was digging her "mound" den. That started the chase...and into the woods the "girls" went.
Today during the 3 PM Behind the Scenes tour the entire group observed Holly chasing Tasha behind both Ted and Tasha's pen and on the back half of the mound. The wild den that Holly is working on is a big hit with visitors. They are very excited to see Holly actually digging it. They are also surprised that Holly did not have to be taught how to dig a den.
We did not hear any vocalizations during the chase on the mound. When Tasha came into her pen she went straight for the water tub to cool off. Tasha came back to her pen at 3:30 PM and Lucky was then let out. Lucky went straight for the pond.?
At the WRI, we received a nice email from a couple Black Bear Field Course participants about a bear encounter they had nearby that is similar to others we have heard about.
?Lynn and I (the honeymooners) really want to thank you for a great experience during our Bear Course Session we recently attended. We want to share some thoughts that we had & one of our real-time experiences during our stay there. Leading up to us signing up for the Bear Study course, we always wondered about possibly the bears becoming domesticated by being around you and other visitors. Our concern was satisfied when we encountered a bear during a walk one afternoon at the WRI. As we were walking and looking at the beauty of the area, we saw a bear heading on a path to the WRI center. We immediately stopped just to see what was going to happen. At first the bear had not seen us yet. He continued toward us until he was about 30 yards out, at that point I told Lynn that let's see what will happen when he discovers us, so I stepped out in the open. Wow, what a reaction, the bear looked up, looked away, looked up & then turned & ran very fast away from us until we lost sight of it. We continued our walk without seeing it again. We concluded that the bears have a comfort zone at the WRI lodge, but that is all. Away from that comfort zone the bear is a bear, acts like a bear & is not influenced by humans at all. We also saw this even in their comfort zone as they are still on alert at all times while in the immediate area of the WRI lodge. The experience we had and the people we met that share our same passion of the bears was priceless. Thanks for a great time & opportunity to be with and better understand the bears.?
Both bears and gulls seem to be in hyperphagia. Bears to go to bed, and gulls for migration. The gulls are making a run on bologna. The bears sniff it and pass it up.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center
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