With temperatures creeping toward 100 degrees, Hogle Zoo’s polar bears took some time on Friday to cool off in the Utah heat.
The bears, Nora and Hope, took a dip in their pool while visitors watched. They also were given a treat made of frozen apricot, pineapple and fish oil.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune)
Hope seemed to enjoy her popsicle.
The two bears have been at Hogle Zoo since last October, filling a void left after a polar bear named Rizzo died in April 2017 of renal failure.
Nora, who was brought to Oregon, then Utah, after being abandoned by her mother at the zoo in Columbus, Ohio, needed a mentor since she was hand-raised.
That’s where Hope came in. Keepers said at the time that their introductions to one another went better than expected.
It looks like the two still get along swimmingly.
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