Baby news

Oh!.....now that is cute!

Truly adorable. Makes you want to give it a lovely cuddle if you don't mind losing an arm or leg that is.

Victoria might not like that.

I wonder if she could smell the snow and this brought her out of the den? (I say her, because she looks like a girl).

How wonderful - well done to Highland Wildlife Park for a successful birth. I think she looks like a girl too - very cute and cuddly.

Beautiful picture! There was video of the polar bears at the Yorkshire Wildlife park frolicking in the snow last week - so funny

Victoris has started leaving her to come out for food and water, so maybe she wanted to follow Mum. (I think she looks like a girl too, but they don't know yet)

Victoria, not Victoris.

I wonder if there a way of easily telling Elegran? without having to seperate /sedate the mother and cub.

There are two male polar bears at Kingussie. Baby's dad is Arctos, the other is Walker. Walker's birth was filmed in a manmade den for the TV series. There was some fuss because it was not stated that that sequence was "faked", but it would have been impossible to introduce cameras into an existing genuine polar bear birth den. The mothers dig them before the birth and settle in before the worst weather. They would not be best pleased to find a cameraman digging in beside them!

Gilly I think Victoria is OK with the keepers, so now she has let the cub out it may be briefly nabbed for weighing and checking over. They would not have intruded until she was leaving it for a short while.

Oh I see. Do let us know when you find out Elegran .

My money is still on girl !

Does anyone else remember 'Brumas' the polar bear cub, born in the 1950's I think?

I remember Brumas. We are showing our age, Auntieflo!

Elegran, and our font of knowledge ???

Documentary coming to Channel 4 later this month
www.allmediascotland.com/media-releases/133084/media-release-channel-4-and-stv-productions-granted-exclusive-access-for-documentary-on-polar-bear-cub/

Channel 4 at 7pm on Sunday 18 March.

I remember what a fuss and to-do was made when Brumas was born. I wasn`t very old, but would go through the newspapers looking for pictures of him. Whatever it`s sex, I hope they give this adorable baby a deservedly nice name.

And more!
Video of a tiny baby gorilla in the Congo vimeo.com/259370524
and article about that gorilla family press.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/11139/Video-Shows-Rare-Glimpse-of-Newborn-Gorilla-In-the-Wild.aspx

Short bit of video of the polar bear cub (ahhhh!) tottering around. www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-43428162/footage-of-first-polar-bear-cub-born-in-uk-in-25-years

Cute!

Highland Wildlife Park Facebook page has more videos
www.facebook.com/pg/highlandwildlifepark/videos/?ref=page_internal

That is, more videos of the polar bear cub.

I watched the recent documentary and really enjoyed it Elegran especially how the den made by the keepers seemed to make so much difference.