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Polar bears are made for the harsh, freezing weather in the arctic cirlce, so it’s no surprise that these polar bears absolutely lost it when they saw their Christmas gift straight from the North Pole.
San Diego is normally too warm to snow, so the staff at the Sand Diego Zoo decided to bring 26 tons of pure snow to their polar bear exhibit in order to surprise their three polar bears—Kalluk, Tatqiq and Chinook. Once they saw their gift, the bears blissfully rolled around and wrestled with each other all morning.
The zoo’s staff hid yams, carrots, melons, and beef bones throughout all the snow to encourage the bears to slide, dig, and pounce on the snow. “Bears utilize these behaviors to help them break through ice to reach seal dens. All three bears were rescued at a young age, so they had to learn these behaviors without the help of their mothers,” zoo staff wrote in a post to their site.
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“This was a special day for the polar bears, and I could tell they really loved it,” said Susan Purtell, senior keeper at the San Diego Zoo. “It was great seeing them roll around in the snow, showcasing their natural behaviors.”
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Watch the entire video below to see how excited these polar bears got when they saw their snow gift.
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[Featured image credit: San Diego Zoo]