Hello, I’m a Zoo Photographer, Mac So. I want to introduce my favorite polar bear among my favorite animals.
Polar bears are mother bears that raise their cubs; father bears do not help raise them. The parent-offspring relationship is also limited, lasting only about five years.
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Carrying a child on her back
Embrace
Parent-child struggle
To capture authentic moments of polar bears despite the artificial environment of a zoo helps the close proximity between humans and animals. Polar bears are no exception to this, and this is a distance between humans and bears that is impossible in the wild. Even though the distance is close, the bears are free to act as they wish because their personal space is well secured from each other. They are not pets, so they do not behave as humans expect them to, but we can catch a glimpse of their natural behavior.
Mother bear luring children with a toy
Happening
Polar bears in the wild basically act alone. However, the photo shown here is of a mother bear and her cubs in a family photo, as they are raising their cubs.Father bears do not participate in the raising of polar bear cubs. This is true even in the wild, and male polar bears are even dangerous to their cubs.All the photos except the last one show a mother bear raising her cubs, especially a mother bear teaching her cubs how to swim. At first, the cubs were hesitant to even enter the water. When the cubs gradually became accustomed to the water, the mother bear began to give them swimming lessons. However, the teaching method was spartan. The lessons were so strict that the cubs ran away, didn’t like it, or were afraid of it. In contrast, the mother bears managed to entice the cubs to come into the pool. Their affection and individuality can be seen in such interactions.
Mother bear wearing a hat
She does not give a hat to her cub
It is impossible to completely recreate a natural habitat in a zoo. However, based on environmental enrichment, we will give as much consideration as possible to the animals. The main actors are not humans, but the animals living in the zoo. Humans are merely being shown the way. In order to create a natural habitat in a zoo, it is essential to raise awareness on the part of humans and create an environment based on this awareness.
A bear cub curious about a hat
Hug
Several years later
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