Time flies: Our sloth bear cub is one month old today! Hana continues to be very attentive to him or her, and keepers are still monitoring the pair closely through their closed-circuit cam. Because the cub's dark hair is growing quickly, it's getting tougher to spot. (If it turns just so, the white patch of fur on its chest gives its location away!)

Even if keepers can't always see the cub nursing, they can hear that distinctive suckling sound as well as some typical squeaks and squawks. On occasion, they spot Hana and cub pawing at each other as though they are playing! Exercising those limbs is important, and the cub is almost on the go! It can push itself up using it's front legs, but it has not yet mastered using its back legs. It will be another few weeks before it's fully crawling and climbing aboard mom's back.