It is an initiative of the Sofia Zoo (Bulgaria) to alleviate the consequences of the heat wave that is passing through Europe.
Tony, el brown bone who lives in the Sofia Zoo (Bulgaria), receives sweets consisting of large ice cubes containing frozen fruit and meat. In this way you avoid suffocating in the face of high temperatures.
Your caregiver hide the ice cream in a different place every day so that it is not easy for you to find it. It’s a game, so you have to look for the prize. The bear, 12 years old, He always ends up finding it.
Simulate your natural habitat
With this method, the zookeeper tries to imitate as much as possible the behavior of animals in naturewhere he would have to struggle to find food.
“You don’t have to lock them up, but rather provide them with different methods and ways of moving so that they look for foodalways varied,” says the head of animal feed, Anita Tsvetanova.
Sofia Zoo is home to more than 2,500 animals and ice cream helps them cope with the heat Bulgarian.
