Top Post of 2022: Tundra Denning 🐻
Channel: Denver Zoo
Date: 29/12/2022

As the year comes to a close, we’re sharing some of our favorite and top performing posts of the year. Our third top performing post features everyone’s favorite grizzly bear, Tundra! Even though she lives with us and has a constant supply of food throughout the winter, Tundra still responds to the seasonal changes the same way her wild counterparts do. We love giving her the opportunities to do what comes naturally to her which includes bulking up and taking advantage of Harmony Hill’s naturalistic features to build a den for winter. Using leaves, grasses and wood wool provided by her keepers, Tundra spent the fall decking out one of her winter sleeping quarters, making it extra cozy for the colder months. While Miss Tundra doesn’t fully hibernate, she does enter a state of torpor and has been sleeping the winter away. She only wakes up for snacks and to go to the bathroom! Watch to see videos Keeper Christa K. took of Tundra building her den as well as a POV video Keeper Hilary W. took of Tundra’s den before she hunkered down! 🐻