“No They Don’t Live in Igloos!”
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February 16, 2010
Filed under News
By Connor Sadowski
As most of you here at Como Park are aware, the Como Zoo is currently renovating their polar bear exhibit from its old rustic and run down exhibit to a new “Hudson Bay ecosystem”. The new exhibit will feature a 13,140 square foot outdoor habitat that is four times larger than the old polar bear space. Three pools of various depths and one pool will contain live fish for the bears to hunt, there will also be a 1,270 square foot “Outpost” building to provide visitors with year-round climate-controlled experiences of the polar bears. From the Outpost, visitors will be able to observe bears swimming, hunting and playing through large floor to ceiling glass windows.
This new exhibit allows Como Zoo to separate the two habitats when housing a family group as the male bear must be isolated from the female and cubs. All land space in the habitat will be covered with soil and gravel so the bears have a soft, natural surface to walk on. Two designated stations for the public to watch operant animal training sessions between zookeepers and polar bears. And a 3,260 square foot state-of-the-art holding building to provide large indoor bedrooms, daylight, pools and a cub den.
This new exhibit will definitely liven interest in the only free zoo in the state and will probably lead to both sides of midway parkway being clogged to the brim this summer. As more information is let out look to the crier for your polar bear updates.
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