Happy Fat Bear Week From Tundra!
Channel: Denver Zoo
Date: 11/10/2022

We're getting in on the #FatBearWeek fun with Tundra, our resident grizzly bear who’s looking perfectly plump these days! As Katmai National Park & Preserve will tell you, a fat bear is a healthy bear. In the wild, fattening up as winter approaches ensures that bears are able to survive the long, cold months during hibernation. While Miss Tundra doesn’t technically hibernate (she actually enters a state of torpor), she still is naturally inclined to bulk up before winter. We’re happy to encourage her natural behaviors, so keepers recently treated her to a whole salmon as enrichment. After chowing down, she waddled over to her favorite mulch pit and plopped down to rest after her feast. 🐻  

Video Credit: Keeper Christa K.