As I wrote about yesterday we visited Yellowstone Bear World in eastern Idaho this past weekend. Bear World has lots of critters. I liked the bison above and appreciated him posing for me. That is a classic look. Bison have such big heads and they stand around a lot. I have always suspected that they think deep thoughts while doing so.
The property also has elk including this white elk. Their web site explains that it is not an albino elk. I got confused about the whole thing.
They also have about 45 bears. They were all up and moving. We have been there before and the bears were pretty sedentary, last weekend, the bears were on the prowl. It was nice seeing them so active.
The web site explains that none of the bears were captured from the wild. They were all born in captivity.
They had some cubs in a separate area to protect them from the adults. Is there anything cuter than a bear cub?
And they have moose, Their is nothing ungainlier looking than a moose. Give them room though. They are notoriously bad tempered. They must be Dallas Cowboys fans. The Cowboys make all their fans cranky.
And swans.
And chickens
And some ducks. Sorry about the picture of duck sex going on. I try to keep it family friendly but what the heck.
You know, fawns may be cuter than bear cubs. This one found a secluded spot away from everybody in the petting zoo.
Heather and Logan found the goats.
And Logan found a pig. He loves pot bellied pigs.
We had a great time.
Word to the wise: Do not come between a male moose and a cow(female) during rutting season. You’ll be damaged.
I do love your shots for the day!!! Hmmmmm The ducks don’t mind getting in line!! Guess they’ve been paying too much attention to some humans these days!! Hope you and your family have a lovely weekend!!
an awesome array of animals, both wild and domestic! a neat place!
wow! massive!
What a great place to visit, I love the bears, elk and the moose. The petting zoo looks like fun too. Great collection of photos.
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what a wonderful fun day at that centre and they have a wide variety of critters. Loved seeing them all although my favourite is the Bear cub. Have a wonderful weekend.
Looks like each of the animals has lots of space! I agree with Logan that pot-bellied pigs are cute. I hear they make good pets too. 🙂
Looks like a fun place to visit, for sure!
Have a great week-end!
Lea
Ducklings are pretty cute. But I have to admit that bear cub is Super Cute.
“The Bear Necessities”
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Yep, full of awww photos.
You are braver than I. I got some very good photos of geese mating but did not have the nerve to put them on my blog!
What a great place to visit! Fabulous animals!
We had a bison charge us last summer (we were fortunately in the van). I think his deep thought was that our brown RoadTrek van was a bison that shouldn’t be in his territory.
Wow that’s a great place though — how come I never knew about it before!! We’ve been to Yellowstone and Idaho a bunch of times.