Proboscis Monkey
Date of Birth: 11 November 2006
Sex: Female
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Polar Bear Inuka
Singapore Zoo's polar bear Inuka celebrates 16th birthday Singapore Zoo's Inuka the Polar bear turned 16 on Tuesday and he celebrated it in style with family and friends.A polar bear ice carving and a birthday cake, made of ice, carrots and frozen fish, were presented to the birthday boy.
His mother, Sheba, at 29, is four years over the average 25-year lifespan for polar bears in captivity.
The Zoo has made plans to relocate Inuka to another zoo when his mother dies.
It has to do this, it says, as it will now be focusing more on species from the tropical rainforest in line with its Rainforest Zoo positioning.
This means, it will no longer bring in Arctic animals.
Tuesday's birthday event was also part of a series of conservation and educational activities the zoo has organised from December to end of February next year.
Apart from seeing Inuka and his mother, visitors would learn more about polar bears and the effects of global warming on the Arctic.
His mother, Sheba, at 29, is four years over the average 25-year lifespan for polar bears in captivity.
The Zoo has made plans to relocate Inuka to another zoo when his mother dies.
It has to do this, it says, as it will now be focusing more on species from the tropical rainforest in line with its Rainforest Zoo positioning.
This means, it will no longer bring in Arctic animals.
Tuesday's birthday event was also part of a series of conservation and educational activities the zoo has organised from December to end of February next year.
Apart from seeing Inuka and his mother, visitors would learn more about polar bears and the effects of global warming on the Arctic.
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