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Places: Oklahoma Trails Exhibit, Oklahoma City Zoo 2101 Northeast 50th Street

 
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There are better times to visit the Oklahoma City Zoo than on a late autumn day when the temperatures are south of freezing, when the wind turns your fingers brittle as icicles and sets your nose to dripping. As you stand outside, you can't help but bounce up and down, urging your body to generate heat.

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On such days, it's understandable to covet the grizzly bears. From behind, they are unrecognizable, not animals but massive clumps of auburn fur supported by stocky, hirsute pillars. And do they ever look warm! A little shampoo, some time with a hair dryer and a clever seamstress, and that fur would make an excellent overcoat, hat and gloves. Maybe even boots.

You think such things when you're freezing.

When the bears turn sideways, though, those thoughts vanish. The bears are magnificent creatures, deceptively slow and placid. Their great shovel-shaped heads seem to radiate patience, even as they scrounge for the peanut butter and dog food their keepers have spread on the ground. You want to pet them, talk to them like you would a baby or a favored hound. “Who's a big ole bearface?” you might say, running your (frozen) fingers (icicles) through the fur at the nape of their necks. “You want a treat? Go potty, and then you'll get a treat.

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Related Topics: Wildlife, Mammals, Cultural Institutions and Parks, Zoos and Aquariums, Bears, Arts, Entertainment, and Media



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