Lunch party for the polar bears

10.9.2024 – Photos by Arkadi Laptenko and C. Iltyakova

Belka and Strelka smelled something was going on in their enclosure and, naturally, the curious sisters immediately decided to find out what it was.

Let’s take different ways so we will find our surprise faster!

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Wow! Here it is …. but there’s only one!

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Dear Sister! I suggest you check in the water, too. Sometimes our keepers serve our meals there.

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You’re so clever!

I found a nice ice cake!

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It’s almost a pity to eat this beautiful cake …

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… so I use it as a hat before eating it. I think I look like Carmen Mirande! 🙂

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One of the girls enjoyed her surprise on land …

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… and the other one was busy eating in the water.

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Even papa Kai had a surprise.

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What a big yammy fish!

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I’m sure Gerda had a nice meal, too, but now she’s resting. Gerda must miss her twin girls but at the same time she knows she has done a great job raising Belka and Strelka. Now she have time for herself again.

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Maybe the girls were separated from Gerda too soon but sometimes it’s necessary. I remember for instance that Wilbär came to Orsa when he was 1½ years old.

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