Two Andean bear cubs were born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in D.C.
Brienne and Quito bred in late March and early April. Zookeepers trained Brienne to voluntarily participate in ultrasounds to confirm her pregnancy, then in late October, ultrasound images detected heartbeats for two cubs.Sara Colandrea, an animal keeper at the National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, tracks the species in the North American SSP. She follows where they live and how they are related.
In the wild, Andean bears give birth in small, dark dens, an environment keepers recreated for Brienne at the zoo in D.C. She has access to other enclosures, though she will only occasionally venture out during her first few months with cubs. Saffoe said bears spend the months leading up to birth fattening up a bit, so they can spend the first few days of motherhood doing nothing but tending to the cubs.
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