Check out the new video clips of Munsey and Boda posted on YouTube.
Category: JP Adler Kodiak Bear Exhibit
Munsey and Boda are almost 17 months old and last week they weighed in at 290-300 lbs each. Munsey discovered his first frog in the Woodland Habitat Area at Wildwood Zoo. Most every morning between 10:00 am- 12 noon you can find the cubs bathing and splashing each other in the four to six foot deep pond located in the wooded section of the bear exhibit.
I highly recommend you check out the educational programs that are offered at Wildwood Zoo! This activity helps me keep up with new information about the cubs growth and other interesting facts on the cubs.
The cubs enjoy hunting for their snack after they’ve had their breakfast and lunch. The zoo staff often hides the snacks in interesting places, so the bears develop their problem solving skills and it make life a little more interesting and exciting if the cubs have a special treat that’s always hidden or placed in a new location.
Boda (above) and Munsey really enjoyed their berry popsicle!
In the near future I’ll be creating new greeting cards and informational / photographic books on the growth and activities of Munsey and Boda. Two of my books and a selection of 20 different greeting cards can be purchased at the Wildwood Zoo store. Store hours are from 10:00 am-3:30 pm. During the summer months Wildwood Zoo opens at 7:30 am and closes at 7:30 pm.
Munsey and Boda
I will be selling and signing my books ” JP Adler Kodiak Bear Exhibit” and” Munsey & Boda 9-13 Months” along with Mary Wilson, who is author of “Wildwood Zoo Book”on Saturday June 18th at Wildwood Zoo in Marshfield, Wisconsin. So make sure to come to the Zoo Store and purchase some great zoo items as well as meet the authors that have written books about the Wildwood Zoo animals and the Kodiak bear cubs “Munsey and Boda”! I will be signing books at 11:00-11:30 am and from 12:00- 12:30 pm and again at 1:00- 1:30 pm during the Zoo Fest at Wildwood Zoo!
There are also fantastic tee shirts, toys, stuffed animals, zoo animals post cards and Munsey and Boda Greeting cards and so much more… So, I hope to see you there!
I spent a few hours photographing Munsey and Boda on June 8th, 9th and 10th. The cubs are 285 pounds and they are as active and very inquisitive about everything.
Munsey found a frog hopping around the edge of the pond that’s located in the Woodland Habitat Area. He was extremely intrigued by the frog. After playing with it and tasting it, he spit it out of his mouth and then he finally ate the little hopper!
The cubs are enjoying their four foot deep pond and spend a lot of time swimming around, munching on roots. It appears they like flossing their teeth with the roots as well. The Woodland Habitat Area pond offers the cubs an opportunity to float on their blue and red balls and multiple water fights are held on a daily basis.
From my experience the cubs seem to be very active around 10:30am to noon. That’s when I’ve found them swimming in the pond, climbing trees and chasing each other around the Woodland Habitat Area.
I just finished creating a few more new photographic books of Munsey and Boda and they will be for sale around June 20th. They will also be on sale during the 2016 NORTHWOODS ART TOUR, to learn more about this event go to northwoodsarttour.com
Munsey and Boda are now 285 pounds and they are enjoying their life at Wildwood Zoo in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Today’s discovery was a little black butterfly that happened to flutter around the cubs. After a late morning nap the cubs enjoyed a wet and wild splash party in the Woodland Habitat Area followed by a game of tag. They also spent some quality time climbing 30 plus feet up one of the trees located near the pond.
The past few days I’ve been watching and photographing the cubs climbing trees, having water fights and chasing each other around the woodland habitat area. Yesterday evening Munsey decided to climbed 30 to 40 feet up one of the trees.
While it’s always fun to watch the cubs at play, I do worry about them when they choose to climb 30 feet up a tree!
Munsey has been holding his own when interacting with Boda these days, he’s no longer the passive Kodiak bear cub. I must say it’s good to see the cubs treat each other with kindness from time to time. It doesn’t happen often but I had the opportunity to see the cubs demonstrate their affection for each other yesterday afternoon.
(left to right) Munsey and Boda resting together in the JP Adler Kodiak Bear Exhibit while waiting for their lunch.
The cubs are around 260 pounds each and are going to be 16 months old in June.
Yesterday morning I had the pleasure of sharing my knowledge on the Kodiak cubs with the first grade teachers and students from Neilville, Wisconsin.
The photograph below is of Munsey running with his chunk of watermelon.
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=773
Check out the news article written on the Kodiak bear cubs. I’ve shared a few video’s and 300 of my photographs with biologist Nate Svoboda, to assist him with the creation of the educational signage and other educational publications for the Kodiak bear cub exhibit.
Here’s a few photographs of the cubs that I had taken yesterday afternoon.
Check out this link to learn more about Munsey and Boda.
A new news article was written this month by Riley Woodford in the the Alaska Fish & Wildlife News. It’s wonderful to see that Alaska is still interested in the health and growth of Munsey and Boda as well as keeping in touch with the Wildwood Zoo in Marshfield Wisconsin.
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=773
I spent 6 hours photographing the cubs on April 17th. Munsey and Boda each weigh about 230 pounds. When the cubs arrived in October of 2015 Munsey was 120 pounds and Boda was 130 pounds. As Munsey’s weight is slowly catches up to Boda, Munsey has become equally aggressive and will initiate some rough housing. Munsey also feels more confident about grabbing a chunk of watermelon from Boda and Munsey is the cub that has discovered how to retrieve chunks of pineapple from the bottom of the swimming pool. At this time it’s easy to identify Munsey because he has a darker brown coat of fur while Boda has a honey blond fur on his rear quarters.
A selection of 19 different photographic greeting cards of the cubs and my first photographic book titled Munsey & Boda 9 to 13 months, is now for sale and if anyone is interested please contact me. The book has 20 pages of full color photographs that are dated so the reader can see the development of cubs as they are growing. The book also offers a variety of information about the cubs and their weight and other information that describes the weight changes and characteristics of the cubs as they’ve developed since they arrived in October 2015.
Munsey is in the water retrieving the pineapple, while Boda walks in the edge of the pool. Munsey captures his pineapple!
The staff at Wildwood Zoo hide snacks for Munsey and Boda in a variety of places throughout the JP Adler Kodiak Bear Exhibit and Woodland habitat area to challenge the cubs to problem solve and learn new skills. Munsey is shown in the center photograph attempting to reach a banana that’s been placed out of reach! Munsey did capture the the banana by jumping up and grasping it from the crevice in the rock where it had been placed.
Boda is shown in the photograph climbing the tree to retrieve his pineapple. One of Boda’s strengths is in tree climbing.
Zoo guests are entertained by watching the cubs play tag with each other, swimming, bathing or taking nap in the Woodland habitat area.
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