12.10.2018 by Evi from Tallinn
On September 27th, I flew to Vienna again to visit “my” cute polar bear lady Nora.
My third meeting with the polar bears in Vienna was very different compared to the previous times. The both bears – Nora and Ranzo – spent most of the time inside and it was a real tribulation for me to see them, take pictures and make some movies of them!
I stood every day for 6 hours near the bears’ area- my camera in my hand- to catch the moment, when they showed themselves.
There was no regularity in the behavior of Nora and Ranzo: one day they came out in the morning, another day only in the evening before the zoo was closed.
When they came out, they looked very tired and moved very slowly.
They looked very tired every day and just enjoyed lying down and sitting.
Nora always played with some toy, Ranzo mostly only sat and turned his head. Both bears used the pool very little and the amount of the time, that they spent outside, usually didn’t exceed 20-30 minutes at a time.
Nora, of course, slept sometimes outside, but far away from the visitors’ platforms or under them – so it was very difficult take good pictures of her.
Every day at 14.00 took place “An info hour” near the polar bear’s area. Somebody talked about the polar bears in general and later the visitors could ask some questions.
Two times the bears also were called out: they got a new toy and some fish were thrown to them. Nora and Ranzo were not very interested in this fish. They were not hungry and they didn’t want to make themselves wet – the fish were thrown into the water.
There is no a definite feeding time in Schönbrunn Zoo – so the bears don’t have the nervous waiting time for food.
Finally some pictures of Nora and Ranzo. Nora sometimes played lying down.
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