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BumbleBeeFairy In reply to tablelander [2012-08-01 07:09:26 +0000 UTC]

I have a very steady set of hands and huge for a woman of my size haha!

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tablelander In reply to BumbleBeeFairy [2012-08-01 09:18:56 +0000 UTC]

Sounds good

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BumbleBeeFairy In reply to TaksArt [2012-05-18 16:35:41 +0000 UTC]

Aww thank you so much! That must have been an experience I adore moon bears

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TaksArt In reply to BumbleBeeFairy [2012-05-18 16:37:59 +0000 UTC]

The are absolutely adorable. Their round ears are probably my favorite part, next to the fun popping noises they can make when they know you are coming around the corner with their food

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BumbleBeeFairy In reply to TaksArt [2012-05-18 16:40:21 +0000 UTC]

Aww, that is adorable! I love their piggy noses Their ears make them look like they're wearing mickey mouse hats!

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TaksArt In reply to BumbleBeeFairy [2012-05-18 16:46:18 +0000 UTC]

haha that is exactly what their ears make me think of I always have an overwhelming urge to touch them, but never got the chance while working with them. Ironically, I was able to get a lot more hands on with the Grizzly bears, then with the moon bears, or even the spectacled bears. Seems a little backwards haha.

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BumbleBeeFairy In reply to TaksArt [2012-05-18 16:53:55 +0000 UTC]

Wow, how bizarre! They do look very approachable, though I bet the grizzly bears are just as awesome.

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TaksArt In reply to BumbleBeeFairy [2012-05-18 17:00:50 +0000 UTC]

haha The grizzly bears are amazing :3 Something so large and powerful, and yet so intelligent!

We could hand feed the moon bears, but there wasn't much contact otherwise. Most of what we did was from a distance. Ziplining enrichment and stuff in, or placing it on exhibit, while they were shifted inside.

the grizzly bears we did a lot of training with, while the public watched. Demonstrating natural behaviors, as well as husbandry behaviors, and then inside, we could give them scratches through the fence and such. (grizzly bears are remarkably unpleasant to touch though. so wiry). We could also allow them to lick us, as well as spoon feed them things like peanut butter (was one of our ways of sneaking them pills ) and we had to use biodegradable spoons made from corn, as Emmett would sometimes eat the spoon o-o

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BumbleBeeFairy In reply to TaksArt [2012-05-18 17:06:00 +0000 UTC]

Aww they look so furry! It must have been lovely to form a relationship with them Edible spoons! How clever

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TaksArt In reply to BumbleBeeFairy [2012-05-18 17:11:22 +0000 UTC]

haha the spoons were actually meant for the public, to be compostable, and reduce waste from the zoo. However, we regularly stole them from the zoo cafe to use with the bears

Emmett kind of took up a taste for them after that. haha.
Digger on the other hand, learned that spoons often mean Pills, and therefore became incredibly suspicious of anything we gave on a spoon. He was such a pain to medicate.

The moon bears were remarkably easy. Put it in a banana. Hand it to them. done.
(also, the grizzly bears wouldnt even touch bananas, whereas the moon bears got them every day). Grizzly bears will eat almost anything it seems, until you give them a Banana, or vegan fake meat. They won't touch those.

But yes, I miss those bears terribly. I'd go back to that job with them in a heartbeat if I could.

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BumbleBeeFairy In reply to bear48 [2012-04-25 08:15:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I have a great love for moon bears

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BumbleBeeFairy In reply to hollysocks [2012-04-04 19:49:27 +0000 UTC]

Aww thank you Hoooooools

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