Adorable pair of polar bears doing well and looking forward to public debut
TWO polar bear cubs born a week ago at Sea World in Australia's Gold Coast are expected to make their public debut in three months time, but staff have seen the blind and toothless pair suckling milk from their mother inside their den.
Two polar bear cubs are expected to make their public debut in three months time
Sixteen-year-old mother Liya delivered her second litter on April 26, and the cubs, which have still to be named, weigh 21 ounces and are six inches long.
Fully grown they could stand as tall as standing as tall as 11 feet and weigh up to 1,400 pounds.
Staff at Sea World in Australia's Gold Coast have seen the cubs and their mother inside the den
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“Liya and the cubs will spend the majority of these early months in the maternity den at Sea World,” said Sea World Director of Marine Sciences Trevor Long.
The cubs are expected to leave the den in July.
Keepers are using infrared cameras and microphones to monitor the mother and cubs around the clock.
Mother Liya delivered the cubs, that have still to be named, on April 26
The Polar bear population has grown from 5,000 in the 1950s to about 25,000, according to testimony submitted in 2008 to the US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and it’s still increasing.
In other words, the bear population has grown five fold.