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.
Munsey and Boda are now about 200 pounds each. The picture directly above depicts how the cubs looked on 11/10/2015 when they were they weighed about 120 and 130 pounds. Since I’m able to see the cubs multiple times during the week, it’s often difficult to see the changes in their growth. While reviewing photographs from October greatest changes that I’ve observed are how mush larger they are compared to when they first arrived. They no longer can walk through their exhibit door together because they’ve grown so much.
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