ZooBorns

Baby Ijsberen at Ouwehands!

On November 25th, Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands welcomed two little Polar Bear cubs to mama bear "Freedom." Named Siki and Sesi, the cubs have spent the last few months sleeping, eating and rough-housing in the den and have just emerged to enjoy the frosty weather. In Dutch, Polar Bears are called Ijsberen (ice bears), a fitting name for a species that spends the majority of its life on snow and ice. Enjoy the outstanding videos provided by Ouwehands Zoo below. (Above photo credit: Clovis Flos)

Bear fight!

Want to freak out your dogs? Play this video of the very young cubs making a screeching racket in the den.

Little Polar Bear Meets the Big World

For the first time last week, mama Polar Bear "Malik" coaxed her three month old cub out of their cozy den for a little outdoor adventure at Denmark's Aalborg Zoo. Since Zoo veterinarians have not yet been able to safely examine the cub, the sex is still undetermined. In the wild Polar Bears most often hunt along the edges of sea ice. Unfortunately global warming threatens the bears' habitat and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has classified the Polar Bear as vulnerable to extinction.

Photo credits: Sussi Køber / Aalborg Zoo

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Play Time for Polar Bear Baby

Meet Siku, the only Polar Bear cub in an American zoo. "Siku" means “ice” in the Inupiat language, and it was chosen for him by a fourth grader from the North Slope Borough of Alaska. The Toledo Zoo, in conjunction with the World Wildlife Fund, Polar Bears International and the North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management, sponsored a naming contest for children in that area in which they suggested names for the cub. The Zoo’s large mammal keepers chose Siku, and it’s a fitting name for an animal whose wild counterparts depend on ice shelves for hunting.

Photo Credits: Jen Lockridge

Baby Bear Fight!

Time to check in once again on our favorite polar bear cubs at Quebec's Zoo Sauvage via the grainy den cam. This time we catch the bears in the midst of a feisty and fluffy wrestling match.

And here we have one of the cubs trying to get comfortable atop mom's head.

Playing Polar Bear Cubs at Zoo Sauvage

Time to check back in on our favorite growing little polar bear cubs via the cub-cam at Quebec's Zoo Sauvage. Watch them "rough-house" in the comfort of mom's fluffy white fur.

Goodnight Little Bear

Getting cozy within mom's fur at Quebec's Zoo Sauvage. Who would have thought this noisy little Polar Bear cub could look this peaceful? 

The Bear Witch Project

Just four days ago, Zoo Sauvage of St-Félicien in Quebec welcomed two baby Polar Bear cubs and the Zoo's den-cam captured the cubs' birth and first hours. This ultra rare footage of newborn Polar Bear cubs reveals this fact - baby polar bears spend their entire first day screeching.

Note that these grainy low-light videos are not so much cute as they are EXTREMELY noisy. Mother Polar Bears should be issued Aspirin. 

Mama bear cleans her screeching cubs 

The actual birth of the 2nd cub and more screeching 

Born Dec. 14th, these two little polar bear cubs have just emerged from their den at the Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands. The little guys love nothing more than frolicking in the muddy grass but their mother has other ideas.

Photo credit: Rob Doolaard

Onlookers were helpless watching this vicious attack! Actually, we can't figure out what zoo this great series of pics comes from, but we had to share them all the same.

We thought it was time for a polar bear cub... and we didn't have to look back far. Little Wilbaer was born at Stuttgart's Wilhelma Zoo this past March and boy does he fit the bill. Looks like the Wilhelma Zoo recognized his potential as well, because they trademarked his name!

Polar Bear Cubs Like to Play Dirty

Born Dec. 14th, these two little polar bear cubs have just emerged from their den at the Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands. The little guys love nothing more than frolicking in the muddy grass but their mother has other ideas.

Photo credit: Rob Doolaard

Baby Polar Bear Attack

Onlookers were helpless watching this vicious attack! Actually, we can't figure out what zoo this great series of pics comes from, but we had to share them all the same.

Adorable Polar Bear Cub at the Wilhelma Zoo

We thought it was time for a polar bear cub... and we didn't have to look back far. Little Wilbaer was born at Stuttgart's Wilhelma Zoo this past March and boy does he fit the bill. Looks like the Wilhelma Zoo recognized his potential as well, because they trademarked his name!