I have given this answer many times before; it is not the worst I have seen but far from being the best as well. I think that there may be some area for the bears that visitors cannot see but would like someone from France to comment on that. I have seen smaller pools in PB exhibits for instance. However, I understand that Mulhouse will build a new exhibit soon and I for one won't protest that it is needed.
Sorry @Eagle. You know I normally side with you but this exhibit is pretty outdated by today's standards. Both the land area and pool are very small and there may be many different levels but there is nothing on them. The structure idea of several levels works but they consist of only bare concrete with absolutely no variations that is quite useless to the bears. Gravel and dirt in just a few places would do marvels here.
Polar Bears do not climb; however, they live on rugged terrain (the steryotypical image of them continously being on ice is wrong) and have been found in very low and high altitudes and in very varid environments.
Polar Bears do not climb; however, they live on rugged terrain (the steryotypical image of them continously being on ice is wrong) and have been found in very low and high altitudes and in very varid environments.
Polar bears live on the ice-covered waters of the circumpolar Arctic, which is mostly smooth. Though, when the ice melts, they do come ashore for that period of time, but the rarely venture very far inland to places of high altitude, unlike the brown bear. This exhibit would be much better suited to an Alpine animal such as an ibex, in my opinion
Polar bears live on the ice-covered waters of the circumpolar Arctic, which is mostly smooth. Though, when the ice melts, they do come ashore for that period of time, but the rarely venture very far inland to places of high altitude, unlike the brown bear. This exhibit would be much better suited to an Alpine animal such as an ibex, in my opinion
What I wrote was 'have been' instead of 'are', which means that they have been sightest in the most remarkable of places but are not found there continously. I have seen a fair share of polar bear documents and pictures and there have even been pictures of them in woods and fields. Polar bears have no home, they do not make a territory, they simly wander around, all their life, wherever it may take them.
