Brown bears are currently in the preparation stage for hibernation.

Gradually reduce the amount of food you give your pet, including fasting days (no food).

What causes bears to go into winter confinement in the first place?

Is it the temperature? Is it snowing? Are you starving due to lack of food? There are various theories, but there are still many things we don't understand.

Therefore, Bear Mountain has been conducting ``artificial hibernation in large numbers'' for the past two years. The purpose of this study is to elucidate the mechanism behind brown bears' winter confinement and help preserve brown bears in the future.

A difficult story aside, the bears are scheduled to go into ``winter hiatus'' in late December.

I might be in a deep sleep around Christmas... We planned this event with the hope that the bears would be able to enjoy a delicious feast by preparing early presents.

A cake filled with fruits specially made by the zookeeper! （＾▽＾）/

The base is ice filled with my favorite apples and carrots, and a cake is placed on top.

I made it with all my heart, but I wonder if they will enjoy it!

As a representative of the 18 animals, we decided to have Santa, the youngest male, eat the food.

Of course, I also shared some fruit with the other bears.

Let me tell you how Santa is doing.

Santa went out to the sub-paddock and was sniffing around the trees without noticing the cake that was placed in the center, but when he suddenly noticed the cake in the center, he slowly approached it and asked, ``What is that?''

Santa's personality is to be cautious when he discovers something new!

I sniffed a bit and took a bite of the decorated apple...I copied the cake!

As if thinking, ``This is delicious,'' he started eating, making puff-puffing noises and moving his mouth vigorously.

After he finished the cake, he bit into the ice and ended up playing with it on his stomach.

I hope all the bears were happy with the early Christmas present!

I hope this will help you sleep and have good dreams. [Ito]