Polar Bears get Chilly B-Day Surprise

[Agschmid]

These are some pretty adorable pictures. I wish we could make the changes that would protect these animals in the wild but it seems as if there is not enough will sometimes to make the changes we need to.

Here is the article:

"Despite being in sunny California, two polar bears at the San Francisco Zoo celebrated their birthdays this month in true, really chilly style. Pike, 30, and Ulu, 32, got a very special sub-zero treatment Nov. 15 when the zoo had 10 tons of fresh snow blown into their habitat.

The big celebration was the zoo's way of honoring the bears' old ages, because the average life span of their species is only half their ages. This makes Pike and Ulu among the oldest bears of their kind to live in an accredited zoo within the United States."

And the Pictures

[sakabatou]

1. They really love it

[Agschmid]

2. I am in Upstate NY so our zoo polar bears get snow and it's awesome to see them play in it! n/t

[Habibi]

19. Hello, fellow Rochesterian!

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. +1

[calimary]

3. Welcome to DU, Agschmid! GREAT Stuff! Thanks for posting this!

Love the photos! That bear does seem to be enjoying the snow!

Glad you're here! Even though the election's over and we got our early Christmas present from the voters, the work is NOT over and we CANNOT afford to rest on our laurels. We need to build on the ground we gained earlier this month so we can HOUSECLEAN the House in 2014 - AND keep the White House in 2016! We CANNOT let the bad guys get a leg up!

[Agschmid]

4. It's from Yahoo! so I was a bit nervous posting it here at DU, but it was too cute. n/t

[sheshe2]

5. Don't be nervous...have some fun!

Those were beautiful pictures. Thank You!

From a newbie herself only have been here since 10.13...I welcome you to DU!

Enjoy!

[calimary]

6. No worries - it was great!

Thoroughly enjoyed it! And why not? I think we deserve to see fun stuff like this! It's been a rather difficult and stressful and nervous-making year - this is a nice break!

[TahitiNut]

7. Their enjoyment is so obvious! Wish we could do that for them once a week.

I laughed until I got tears in my eyes they were so obviously happy with the snow.

[Superbot]

8. I hope they do this all year around

I'm sure they can afford it, just hope it's not a once a year kinda thing

[ReRe]

9. Cool!

[sabrina 1]

11. They are beautiful and I agree about trying to save their natural

environment, it is so sad.

Btw, where upstate is there a zoo? We'll be going there in a few weeks and will be about an hour from Albany, and near Utica also.

[Agschmid]

12. Hello! Have fun in Albany but there is no zoo there that I know of.

Rochester and Buffalo both have pretty good zoos. I usually go to the Rochester one as it is much closer and we just got a whole new lion exhibit. Here is the link for that zoo.

[sabrina 1]

21. Thank you, I'll probably make it there too!

[Rhiannon12866]

13. K&R! And the pix are priceless:

[Lugnut]

14. How beautiful!

Thank you for sharing these amazing pictures.

[femrap]

15. I melt in the

summer, which I hate. I have always thought of myself as having DNA similar to that of a Polar Bear. I love winter!

Those are absolutely beautiful animals....and I miss living in SF. Alas.

[catbyte]

16. Thanks for posting Polar Bear Bliss

[jimlup]

17. #2 is definitely my fav /nt

[xchrom]

18. how wonderful! nt

[CrispyQ]

20. Thank you.

Great photos!