At last, the bears can see the movement toward spring! The past month has been in a stable winter state, and the keepers have been chased by snow removal every day, but the movement of the bear gradually becomes active, and it may continue forever? I feel that the end is finally approaching even in the winter that seemed to be. After the March keijo, the bear begins to happen strangely every year, but I thought whether it would continue on cold days this year, but it seems that it is starting to happen without exception, and it seems that the first ride of this year is probably "Moko". When I was removing snow on the roof of the beast house today, I was vigorously opening the lid of the ventilation opening. Until now, there were bears that opened the lid, but it's been a long time since I opened it so vigorously, and I realize that I'm awake. The sub paddock in the beast house also removes snow along the electric fence so that the awakened bears can be free-ranged. This is quite hard work. By the way, the park also removes snow all around! Sara Moko mats by the beast house. [Breeding: Shigematsu]

The brown bears usually start to wake up from the winter's bath from around the "Day of The Day of Enlightenment", when the earth warms up and the insect (蟄) which shrinks in the soil opens a hole and begins to move. Hinata and Santa are moving differently than they are in winter. We are doing winter with a large number of people, but the time to enter and the time to wake up vary depending on the individual. Who's up next?

The leaflet for 2012 was completed and delivered! Koji is on the cover this time. The contents have also been renewed, so if you see it somewhere, please ♪ pick it up and come and <(_ _)> see the brown bears

Ice is piled up and looks like an object, but this ice is a very important ice. The reason why it is important is that it is ice given by brown bears in winter so as not to cause dehydration. In the first year of winter, I was making a lot of big ice anyway. However, when I tried to give it to the bears, I did not enter from the shelter of the cage, and I was repeatedly doing the harsh work of dividing one by one and giving it. Scold! Winter is also in its sixth year, and it is calculated as the last minute to enter the serving place? It has evolved into ice. It was back information from the breeding staff who worked quietly during the winter.

At the time of the other day's sleep recording, Koji had arranged the bed, so I took it with a video. Even during the winter, you can get up by eating ice or fixing your bed. If you find a brown bear in the mountains in winter... It's scary just to think about it.

Today I recorded the sleep of the brown bear. Brown bears in the winter spend about 100 days without drinking or eating. In order to reduce metabolism, the respiratory rate also decreases the number of times than usual. I wanted you to hear such a brown bear's sleep (breathing), and I recorded it with the cooperation of DJ JURI. The recording time was 1 hour, and it was away from the beast house during that time, so I'm looking forward to what kind of sound is ♪ recorded By the way, what do you think a brown bear sleeps like? I think that I can send it at a later date, so please wait for a while. A lot of ice was in front of the beast house. Well, suddenly here is a quiz. What is this ice used for?

Bear Mt's eye of the typhoon "Moko" is firmly in winter this year, and it seems to be a lie that I did not sleep at all last year. Today, I had you go out of the room for the first time in a long time by replacing all the straws in moko's room, but the movement was slow and seemed to be completely in winter mode like other individuals. Straw is finely chewed and shredded, and it is completely pettanco by weight. The room is 1000000 and the room is 1000000000.>. <) Moko's nails create an atmosphere. After all I wonder if it is young ... If it is a bear in normal winter warmth mode, I do not stand up too much and appeal, but that area is really moko! As long as I entered the room, I began to process the sesse and the new straw to make it easier to sleep. The sound of biting the straw and cutting it echoes in the beast house. It makes you feel the strength of the bear's ang again. The temperature in the beast house is minus 9 degrees Celsius! The temperature outside has also dropped to around minus 20°C, and it is a situation where the natural environment of Hokkaido can be created. However, I feel the vitality of the brown bear sleeping in this situation and a tremendous thing. And it is also a hat off the strength of Sarah Moko's dog who is doing well in front of the ski resort ticket! If humans could not lose, it was a keeper who went to the beast house in super thick clothes today (laughs) [Breeding: Shigematsu]

The animal house, which has cooled down very much due to the cold wave of the past few days, has finally dropped its room temperature to minus 9 degrees Celsius. Of course, the outside temperature is much colder, but the heat emitted by the bears that are crowded in winter is somewhat warmer indoors, but even if it gets cold up to now, it was about minus 6 ° C, but it may be due to the cold of this year that has fallen so far this time. The cold is very severe in the Tokachi region, but it is not such a heavy snowfall area, so snow does not accumulate as much as it does, but Sahoro piles up as it is, so the snow shoveling of the beast house is like a daily routine, but finally the snow that has been piled up on the roof of the beast house and scratched has covered the beast house! From the point of looking at areas with a lot of snow, it may not be a big deal, but a sense of accomplishment that can not be said indescribably? I took a picture involuntarily. I think that you can see a concrete building, but it is covered with a wall of snow that leaves only that. It is a thing that chile piles up, too. By the way, it is a snowy mountain of fluffy with amazing powder snow because the cold is (^^) severe recently [breeding: Shigematsu]

Bear Mountain bears, who have entered winter mode with the start of 2012, are still sleeping quietly today. Hirotake, who has shown resistance such as opening the lid of the ventilation mouth until the end, has grown up completely for the past week and has a (^^) good night's sleep Well, I have talked about the winter weight of the brown bear before, but it is not a state of temporary death or continuing to sleep without getting up until spring, depending on the time of day, I lick the ice, rumbling and messing with the straw. Therefore, the keeper checks every day, and the straw that gets dirty or moist takes the bear out of the acupuncture house and performs the replacement work. Today, we did a straw replacement work for Kota's room. I saw Kota that came to light for the first time in a long time, but I could see that there was no particular serious thinness and that I was having a smooth winter. Kota's bed. It's a bit messy and it's completely pettanco (laughs) This is a lump of ice left for hydration. There are about 50 cm × 30 cm, and what is missing is the mark that kota licked. Some bears have Garigari-kun. Welcome Kota with a beautiful straw. I was a little wary, but after this I entered easily and fiddling with straw so that I could sleep easily.

Happy New Year. It is Moko. We celebrated 2012 with a lot of light from the first sunrise. And today, I went out into the unknown. It is Sahorodake Shrine. It is a guardian dog, koma moko. I was told what, and I was shaken by the gondola. Mt. Sahoro Shrine built next to the gondola summit station building. Why don't you come and visit ☆ It was a surprise moko on the gondola for the first time.