A particular bakery was established to assist bears acquire again their energy after an extended winter of hibernation within the Ovakorusu Bear Sanctuary and Celal Acar Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center within the Karacabey district of Bursa.
Pistachio, molasses and fruity bread ready within the bakery are offered to the bears to satisfy their elevated protein and calorie necessities. The reserves are dwelling to 71 brown bears, together with 63 sows, boars and eight cubs.
These bears are protected of their pure surroundings in these shelters affiliated with the General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks in Bursa.
Studies present that, throughout hibernation, there’s a drop in a bear’s metabolism. The bear’s coronary heart fee and respiration sluggish, and their blood circulation turns into concentrated within the coronary heart, lungs and mind. Each day throughout hibernation, a bear wants water, protein and 4,000 energy from saved fats.
Interestingly, whereas hibernating, bears’ levels of cholesterol are twice as excessive as through the summer time and twice as excessive because the levels of cholesterol of most people. Bears, nevertheless, do not get hardening of the arteries or gallstones as a result of their liver secretes a substance that dissolves gallstones. Another thriller is how bears retain bone mass throughout hibernation, defined Azizcan Sezer, chief veterinarian of the rehabilitation heart.
“Hence, we have opened this bakery to feed our bears with high-calorie and high-protein foods such as loaves of bread and seasonal fruits. We distribute nearly 400 kilograms (800 pounds) of food every day,” mentioned Sezer.
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