Astra the polar bear has one goal today: conquer the frozen bone enrichment and chill in her saltwater pool. Mission going very well. 🐻‍❄️ 📹: Keeper Dayna | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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Astra the polar bear has one goal today: conquer the frozen bone enrichment and chill in her saltwater pool. Mission going very well. 🐻‍❄️ 📹: Keeper Dayna | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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Polar bear Laerke is keeping cool with a perfect underwater sploot! 🐻‍❄️💦 📹: Keeper Kristyn | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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Polar bear Laerke is keeping cool with a perfect underwater sploot! 🐻‍❄️💦 📹: Keeper Kristyn | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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On #WorldBearDay, our 5-year-old polar bear Laerke is making a splash! From playful swims to floating on her back with a massive stick. Enrichment like this helps keep Lærke active, engaged, and mentally stimulated. 🐻‍❄️📹: Animal care staff Russell
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On #WorldBearDay, our 5-year-old polar bear Laerke is making a splash! From playful swims to floating on her back with a massive stick. Enrichment like this helps keep Lærke active, engaged, and mentally stimulated. 🐻‍❄️📹: Animal care staff Russell
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Cool as a cucumber… or a pickle! 🥒 Twin polar bear sisters, Astra and Laerke, love splashing around with their giant enrichment toys on warm summer days. 🐻‍❄️☀️ | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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Cool as a cucumber… or a pickle! 🥒 Twin polar bear sisters, Astra and Laerke, love splashing around with their giant enrichment toys on warm summer days. 🐻‍❄️☀️ | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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Meet Laerke the Polar Bear: Hope and Care
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Meet Laerke the Polar Bear: Hope and Care
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Laerke is making the most of the warm weather! When temperatures rise, our polar bear loves cooling off in her saltwater pool. From splashing and diving to playful swims, her pools provide both enrichment and a refreshing way for Laerke to stay comfortable on sunny days.
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Laerke is making the most of the warm weather! When temperatures rise, our polar bear loves cooling off in her saltwater pool. From splashing and diving to playful swims, her pools provide both enrichment and a refreshing way for Laerke to stay comfortable on sunny days.
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Two minutes of polar bear Laerke enjoying today’s beautiful sunshine in her fresh saltwater pool! ☀️ 📹: Keeper Stephanie | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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Two minutes of polar bear Laerke enjoying today’s beautiful sunshine in her fresh saltwater pool! ☀️ 📹: Keeper Stephanie | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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Laerke the polar bear plays with pumpkin at Point Defiance Zoo, Tacoma, USA
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Beloved polar bear leaving Point Defiance Zoo
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Polar bear finds massive stick
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Today is #ArcticSeaIceDay! ❄️ Our polar bears Astra and Laerke are more than incredible animals to see up close; they’re ambassadors for their wild cousins and the fragile Arctic they call home. 🐻‍❄️ The Arctic is warming nearly 4x faster than the rest of the planet, melting sea ice that wild polar bears rely on to hunt, travel, and survive. Without sea ice, their future, and ours, is at risk. Sea ice is like the soil of the Arctic: it supports algae, which feed fish, which feed seals, which fe
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Big dill! 🥒 Three-year-old polar bear Astra loves splashing around with her giant pickles for enrichment. 🐻‍❄️ | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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We will soon say goodbye to 4-year-old polar bear Astra as she relocates to an AZA-accredited zoo in the Midwest. Guests are invited to visit on Oct. 4 & 5 to wish her well. 💙 Her move is part of a nationwide conservation effort to support polar bear breeding, genetic diversity, and the future of this threatened species. Polar bear Laerke will remain here and be cared for by our dedicated team. | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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Polar bear leaving Point Defiance Zoo
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🐾🐻‍❄️ It’s Polar Bear Week! 🐻‍❄️🐾 Laerke the polar bear is celebrating with a special icy treat made from propeller clams, sweet potato, and Gatorade for extra hydration! 💙 This cool enrichment keeps Laerke curious and engages her natural foraging instincts. Polar Bear Week is a reminder of how important it is to protect these incredible Arctic animals and the sea ice they depend on. Let’s work together to protect polar bears and their sea ice home. 🌎🧊 Polar bear keeper Stephanie talks ab
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Adorable Polar Bear Enjoys A Nice Swim In Saltwater Pool At Washington Zoo
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Polar bear keeper Stephanie traveled to Churchill, Manitoba with Polar Bears International to see polar bears in the wild and learn about the effects of melting sea ice. Inspired by what she saw, she’s sharing ways we can all protect these Arctic icons! 🌎🐻‍❄️💙 #polarbearweek #saveourseaice #polarbear #churchill #conservation | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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Twin polar bears, Laerke and Astra, enjoying fishsicles in their saltwater pool! 🐟 Meet the playful bears this weekend during spring break! Polar bear keeper chats are at 11:30am. 🐻‍❄️ 🚧 After this weekend, the polar bears will be off and on exhibit temporarily as we enhance their habitat with a new, larger shade structure. Exactly when they are on will change daily depending on construction. 📹: Keeper Stephanie | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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Polar Bear Astra Makes Her Public Debut at Como Zoo
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A polar bear keeper's journey to Churchill
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Laerke the Polar Bear Celebrates Valentine's Day
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Take a ‘paws’ for a playful polar bear break! 🐻‍❄️ Watch as adorable polar bear twins Astra and Laerke play with their bamboo stick for enrichment in the pool. #PolarBearWeek | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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Laerke is living her best polar bear life! Watch as the three-year-old bear playfully makes a splash in her saltwater pool with a new enrichment - the hose! 🐻‍❄️ 📹: Keeper Kelsie | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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Gourd times with polar bear twins Astra and Laerke on #NationalPumpkinDay! 🐻‍❄️🎃🐻‍❄️ The playful sisters tossed and dove after their pumpkin treats for some extra fun. 🌊 | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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Why is Polar Bear sad? depression, sadness. #grief #animals #polarbear #feelings #feelingsad
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Polar Bear Twin Cubs Arrive at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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Uncaged Zoo Tours: Arctic Tundra at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium ft. Musk Ox #subscribe
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Polar Bear dancing to its own groove at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium - Tacoma, Washington
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