The Polar Bears are Back in Town!
Posted by Homes of Minnesota Team on Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 at 5:26pm.Buzz and Neil, the Como Zoo polar bears who have been in Detroit for 2 years while their new habitat is completed, have returned to St. Paul. The brother bears are taking some time to get used to their spacious new home, Polar Bear Odyssey
About four times bigger than their old abode, the $15 million exhibit is intended to mimic a Hudson Bay ecosystem. In the new exhibit, there is a large indoor complex, two outdoor areas, a saltwater pool, rock outcroppings, and the habitat is planted with native flora. It's the only polar bear exhibit in the U.S. — and the second in the world after Toronto's — to get the Three Diamond Rating by Polar Bears International.
While the bears acclimate to their new surroundings, the exhibit will be closed. Zoo keepers are expectig it to open to visitors until June 3.
The 14-year-old bears have been a popular attraction at Como since 2002.
For more information on the features of the Polar Bear Odyssey exhibit, go to www.comozooconservatory.org.
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