Since we had been talking about hibernation earlier in the year, and some of the students are still showing some interest in exploring more about it, I decided to share an interesting website with them. Grouse Mountain Wildlife Refuge in Vancouver has two grizzly bears, Grinder and Coola, that are currently hibernating in specially built den. They have put in a special infared camera and connected it to a webpage so people can log on and watch the bears. We talked about how far away Vancouver is from Kanata, and the students had lots of questions and connections. Brady even shared that he has been to Vancouver before, and saw a real bear on a mountain (not in a zoo)! This morning we watched as the bears slept (not very exciting), but later this afternoon we saw the bears start to wake up a little bit - we even saw one of the bears stick out its' tongue!
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| Sleeping all curled up, just like Grinder and Coola. |
If you would like to check out the Grouse Mountain webpage, go to:
Happy bear watching!
Ms. Quinn
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