Comments on: Polar bear baby news from Japan

By: Sonja Nimax

Sonja Nimax — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:32:48 +0000

By: Mirjam Spurk

Mirjam Spurk — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 17:25:56 +0000

Das ist ja ein weltweiter Boom an Nachwuchs bei den Eisbären und eine ebenso weitreichende Familiengeschichte.... Hoffentlich finden alle diese Eisbärenkinder später einen guten Platz...

By: Britta-Gudrun

Britta-Gudrun — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:19:15 +0000

Dear Molly,

Thank you very much for your detailed information about the ancestry and relationships of the bear parents. That requires meticulous reading of the family tree.

Congratulations to Japan on the cubs, although from the few videos I’ve seen of them I get the impression that their enclosure design is unfortunately still very old-fashioned. Just concrete and lots of white walls as an ‘arctic backdrop’.

Kind regards and best wishes
Britta-Gudrun

By: chrisb

chrisb — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 09:45:48 +0000

Das sind sehr schöne Nachrichten !

Ich hatte jetzt zwei Tage Probleme,
hier überhaupt reinzukommen… 🙂

By: Ludmila Voelkel

Ludmila Voelkel — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:09:35 +0000

Dear Mervi!
Thank you for the good news from Japan.
Hugs
Ludmila

By: AnkeB

AnkeB — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:15:57 +0000

Dear Mervi!
They are all very sweet and I wish all the newborn polar bear babies all the best for their lives!
The pedigree of all these bears is a bit overwhelming now…

Hugs
Anke

By: Leti

Leti — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:29:47 +0000

Thank you very much dear Mervi.
Best wishes to Shilka, Poral and their babies.

By: Mervi Niemenmaa

Mervi Niemenmaa — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:05:53 +0000

Dear Molly!

Thank you so much for the information! I will insert it in the article, too!

Hugs from Mervi

By: Molly Merrow

Molly Merrow — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:50:05 +0000

In reply to ralph. I wonder if the twins will inherit their great grandma Aika's big round ears. The twins are related to our Flocke, their mother Paula is first cousin of Felix, and their father Kai is uncle to Vera.

By: Molly Merrow

Molly Merrow — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:08:57 +0000

As for Paula’s twins, Paula is closely related to many bears we know in Europe. Paula was born in 2004 in Palic, the daughter of Simba, and Bjorn Heinrich. Bjorn Heinrich was born in Tierpark Berlin in 1986, the son of the famous Aika and Gorki, and thus was the brother of Eric, a bear we are all familiar with as father of Olinka’s children and a few others. So Paula is first cousin of Lloyd, Nika, Nord, Felix, Lara, Arctos, Nanuq, Vicks, Todz and Sizzel. The father is another bear also named Kai, also son of Uslada and Menshikov. He was born in 2004 in St. Petersburg.