Who can resist clicking through a photo gallery dedicated to the polar bear cub the Toronto Zoo unveiled last week? Nobody, that’s who.
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Five pictures of the cutest thing to ever happen to the Toronto Zoo (seriously, this little guy is unbearably adorable)
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so adorable!
February 6, 2012 at 5:39 pm | by Gary Sinise, Jr.love it!
February 6, 2012 at 5:40 pm | by Gary Sinise, Jr.I’m curious about a lot of things. Definitely agree with the term “adorable”. But: What happened to this little guys mom? Why the bottle feeding? How successful have people been in raising baby Polar bears?
February 7, 2012 at 12:35 pm | by Dale DewarMom rejected him and his 2 siblings at birth. The others didn’t survive…
February 9, 2012 at 9:34 am | by davediggerKinda sad that such an adorable creature will have to spend the rest of his days LOCKED UP in a zoo. I wonder how old they are when they realize their comparatively tiny “world” has inescapable walls. Is it any wonder a mother rejects her children in this environment? Yet another reason for Canadians to endure the day-long headache that is a trip to the Toronto Zoo because their screaming, irritable children simply HAVE to see this little guy.
February 9, 2012 at 11:32 am | by Rex SaigonRex, the cubs were premature, and the mother was following her instinct, a common and normal behaviour in animals. Perhaps you didn’t know that in the wild, polar bear mothers don’t have incubators, respirators, lung surfactants, and heart surgeons? Were it NOT for the Zoo, this “adorable creature” would not be alive. And don’t try to tell us that the cubs wouldn’t have been premature if the mother was roaming freely in the wild.
February 9, 2012 at 11:47 am | by ShopperVery well written Shopper. Your input is most astute. This precious cub will bring smiles to so many people because the Zoo has been able to provide him po with expert assistance and TLC (tender, love and care ).
February 9, 2012 at 9:22 pm | by kirstenIt’s very sad when mother animals reject their young but I’m glad that this little guy survived and seems to be doing well. Like others have said, I’m not thrilled with the idea of animals in captivity and for that reason have not been a patron of the zoo for years. That being said, the truth is that we humans have messed up our planet so much that the polar habitats are disappearing with the warmer Arctic climate not to mention that we’ve poisoned the atmosphere and water with toxins that are showing up in female polar bears’ body fat. I would rather see animals in their habitats but we’ve destroyed them so thoroughly.
February 11, 2012 at 6:53 pm | by Lea