Today is #WorldBearDay 
Known as the gentle bear - Spectacled #Bears of #SouthAmerica just want to be left alone. They are #vulnerable from #palmoil, #meat #timber agriculture and hunting. Help them! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/10/23/spectacled-bear-tremarctos-ornatus/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
Think of the force it takes to "bounce" a ball this big into the water so far that it bounces up like this? It was having so much fun that day. I think it is the male, Sampson (but apologies to Shintay, if I'm mistaken).
FWIW, if this was Sampson, he died at the age of 25, so he was a spritely 17 here. :)
The Toronto Zoo had 2 grizzlies, both rescued as cubs. One died and then there was one, but both are/were in their 20s!!! I am not sure which one this is, but it loved playing in the water.
I love that you can take shots at the zoo and pretend you're somewhere else. :)
Tomorrow is world bear day! Because I will likely forget, here's a bear.
https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/our-campaigns/sentience/animal-awareness-days/world-bear-day/
