Outing with Sznyezsana and her baby twins

4.3.2025 – Source: Molly Merrow

I have borrowed information of Sznyezsana’s and Lloyd’s twins from Molly’s excellent blog where you can even find lots of information of all the other newborn cubs this year.

Molly’s blog ‘My Polar Bear Friends and Friends of Polar Bears’

There’s a link to a video in the end of this article but I made some screen shots for those who can’t see the video.

The twins in the Sóstó Zoo in Hungary were kept secret until just recently but now they’re been presented by mama Sznyezsana.

Sznyezsana was born in 2014 in Moscow to Uslada’s daughter Simona and wildborn Wrangel. In 2017 Sznyezsana moved to Sosto Hungary. As daughter of Simona, Sznyezsana (there are various spellings) is sister of many bears we know, including Nord (of Aalborg), Vera, Gerda and many others.

Lloyd was born in 2000 in Vienna to Olinka and Eric. Olinka’s father Omaha was born in Henry Doorly Zoo in Nebraska to Olaf and Olga, so Paula’s cubs are related to some American bears. Eric was the son of Aika in Tierpark Berlin, so he was brother to Bjorn-Heinrich, father of new mother Paula in Japan.

Lloyd has lived in Bremerhaven, Karlsruhe, Budapest and Sosto. In Bremerhaven he fathered Lale, Lili, and twins Anna and Elsa with Valeska.

The twins in Sosto Hungary are descendants of the famous American pair Olaf and Olga of the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha Nebraska, through their grandmother Olinka.

On the 1st of March Sznyezsana took her baby twins out.

The big world is, of course, always a bit frightening ….

… but soon the twins were curiously checking their enclosure.

Some baby wrestling was on the schedule, too.

It looks like one of the cubs is more curious than the other.

Mama, can I stay here for a little while?

The cubbie went for a short walk again.

Boomsie wash 🙂

Sznyezsana was keeping an eye on her ‘golden couple’ all the time.

Video by Sóstó Zoo