Kulu’s adventure with the barrel

19.4.2022 – Story and Photos by Molly Merrow

Young Kulu is only two years and four months old, but he gets around. He was born in the Columbus Zoo in Ohio, the son of father Lee, and mother Aurora. Aurora’s twin sister Anana also helped to raise him. In early October last year, just before his second birthday, he moved to the Como Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a new family welcomed him.

His new companions, older bears Neil and Nan, are like adoptive grandparents. They play with him and watch over him. Here’s a photo of Neil playing with Kulu in the water, while Nan watches. When the older bears get tired, Kulu knows how to entertain himself.

Neil Kulu Nan

One day last week, he found big white barrel, and he had so much fun with that floating toy.

Kulu barrel float

Sometimes he would hug the barrel.

Kulu i love you barrel

And other times he would savagely attack the barrel.

kulu breaks barrel

Grandma Nan would come over to see what Kulu was doing.

Nan watches kulu barrel(1)

The visitors liked to watch him play.

Kulu barrel kid

The barrel float and that was fun.

Kulu barrel

But Kulu thought it was even more fun to make it go down, down, down under the water.

kulu barrel shake

So much fun for one little cub. Kulu smiles.

Kulu barrel smiles

Dear Molly! Thank you so much for this charming report!

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