Juliet's cub - March 3, 2014On this coldest night (37° below zero F) since giving birth, what will Juliet and her family do. During the recent series of cold nights (20° to 34° degrees below zero F during February 27 through March 2, 2014), Juliet last ate snow at 11:01 AM on February 27 and used her latrine shortly after noon on February 28. How long can Juliet go without eating snow? On this day, the family is feeling temperatures warm up from 37° below zero to 4° above. Very cold weather means very dry air. As temperatures approached the high for the day, Juliet ate snow for two long periods—11:12:37 to 11:25:09 AM and from 3:37:20 to 3:46:39 PM. That’s periods of 12 minutes and 32 seconds and 9 minutes and 19 seconds). Each session was followed by a visit to the latrine. The next 2 nights will be cold (35° below zero F each night). We’ll see what they do the next couple days and then see what they do during the warm period that follows (March 6-14).
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Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center