ROSS
AFTER FOUR YEARS OF RENOVATIONS
- THE SUN BEARS AT THE HONOLULU
ZOO ARE
READY TO SHARE
WELCOME BACK.
RENOVATIONS, THE SUN
BEARS AT THE HONOLULU
ZOO ARE READY TO SHOW
OFF THEIR NEW HOME.
SO CUTE AND TO CHECK
IT OUT AND ALL OF THE
GREAT EXCITEMENT, OF
COURSE WE HAD TO SEND
DALLIS ONTIVEROS A
PREVIEW OF THE NEW
EXHIBIT AND HE JOINS US
LIVE WITH THE CUDDLY
CREATURES.
PROBABLY NOT SO CUDDLY
BUT THEY ARE CUTE.
HEY, DALLIS.
Reporter: HEY, KELLY
AND ROSS.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY DO
LOOK CUDDLY AND CUTE.
HERE JOINING US ON "TAKE
2" WE'VE GOT TWO SPECIAL
SUN BEARS.
WE'LL INTRODUCE THEM IN
JUST A BIT.
UNTIL THEN WE'VE GOT
ADRIAN.
HELLO.
Reporter: THANK YOU
FOR HAVING US THIS
MORNING.
THE BEARS ARE CHOWING
DOWN.
LET'S INTRODUCE THEM.
GO AHEAD AND NAME EACH
BEAR AND HOW HOLD THEY
ARE?
HER NAME MEANS BEAUTIFUL
WOMAN.
Reporter: OKAY.
RIGHT OVER THERE IN
THE CORNER WE HAVE
BLACKIE.
HE IS 23 YEARS OLD OR 23
YEARS YOUNG RATHER.
Reporter: THERE HE
IS.
OKAY.
WE JUST SET OUT SOME
FOOD FOR THEM.
WHAT KIND OF FOOD DO
THEY LIKE TO EAT.
Reporter: A LARGE
AMOUNT OF FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES AND
INVERTEBRATES.
Reporter: YOU SAID
THEY ARE 23 AND 24.
SO THEY ARE 3S 90s
BABIES OR MILLENNIAL
BEARS.
I GUESS SO.
Reporter: DO THEY
GET ANY BIGGER THAN
THIS?
THEY CAN GET BIGGER
JUST DEPENDING ON THEIR
DIET AND THE SUB
SPECIES.
I HAVE SEEN SUN BEARS
OVER 200 POUNDS BUT THAT
IS A HEFTY, HEFTY SUN
BEAR SO THAT'S A LITTLE
OVERWEIGHT FOR THESE
GUYS.
Reporter: HOW MUCH
WOULD YOU SAY THESE
BEARS WEIGH?
A LITTLE OVER 100
POUNDS.
Reporter: THERE'S
SOMETHING UNIQUE AT THE
SUN BEAR.
THEY HAVE THEIR
TRADEMARK ON THE CHEST.
THEY ARE CALLED THE
SUN BEAR DUE TO THE PAST
ON THE CHEST THAT LOOKS
LIKE THE SUN SETTING OR
RISING.
I WAS LOOK AT SOME
NIGHT AND IT KIND OF
LOOKS LIKE A HAY TOO.
IT'S KIND OF AROUND
THEIR NECK AND IT'S
BRIGHT YELLOW TOO SO
IT'S EASY TO SPOT THEM.
THEIR FACE IS DIFFERENT
COMPARED TO OTHER
SPECIES OF BEARS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE
WIDE AND SOMEWHAT FLAT.
IS THAT RIGHT?
IT MIGHT APPEAR THAT
WAY BECAUSE THEY ARE SO
WRINKLEIE THAT THEIR SIN
COMES UP OVER THEIR
HEAD.
THEIR SKIN IS ONLY
ON THEIR BODY SO THEY
ARE EXTRA WRINGER LIE,
EXTRA TIGHT SKIN.
IF THEY GET IN A TIGHT
SITUATION THEY CAN
WRIGGLE OUT.
DO THEY USE THEIR
FEET AT ALL BECAUSE I
NOTICE THAT WHEN THEY
WALK THEY KIND OF HAVE
THEIR NAILS OUT, KIND OF
LIKE A LITTLE BIT
UPWARDS.
THEY ARE EXTREMELY
DEXTEROUS.
IT'S SURPRISING HOW
DEXTEROUS THEY CAN BE.
THEY CAN BEND THEIR
HANDS OR PAWS VERY WELL.
Reporter: NICE.
YOU GUYS HAVE NOW BEEN
OPEN FOR A WEEK NOW
AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR
FOUR YEARS BECAUSE OF
CONSTRUCTION.
TELL ME, WHAT HAS THE
RESPONSE BEEN FROM THE
COMMUNITY SEEING THESE
SUN BEARS SEEING THEM
FOR THE FIRST TIME OR
SEEING IS THEM ONCE
AGAIN?
IT'S BEEN EXCITING
AND AMAZING.
FOR SOMEONE WHO RESCUES
SUN BEARS, IT'S BEEN SO
EXCITING TO HEAR SO MANY
PEOPLE CARING ABOUT THEM
BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE SEE
SOMETHING AND CARE ABOUT
IT, THEY ACTUALLY ARE
MORE PRONE TO WANT TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEN
THEY SEE IT SO THAT
MAKES ME EXCITED TO SEE
ALL OF THE POSITIVE
FEEDBACK.
Reporter: SO THEY
ARE READY READY FOR
THEIR CLOSE UP.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE HOW
THE SKIN IS ALMOST
COMING OVER HER FACE AND
HOW WRINKLEIE THEY
REALLY CAN BE.
Reporter: WE'RE
STILL GOING TO BE
HANGING OUT HERE FOR THE
REST OF "TAKE 2" BECAUSE
I WANT TO GET INTO
CERTAIN THREATS THAT THE
SPECIES IS FACING
BECAUSE OF COURSE THE
HONOLULU ZOO IS A
FACILITY THAT PROTECTS
THESE SPECIES AND
CONTINUES TO HAVE THEM
IN OUR WORLD SO WE'LL
GET INTO MORE DETAILS
ABOUT THAT COMING UP IN
THE SECOND HALF OF "TAKE
2".
UNTIL THEN I'M GOING TO
GO AHEAD AND SEND THINGS
OVER TO KELLY AND ROSS
IN THE STUDIO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
DALLIS.
THEY LOOK SO ADORABLE
THAT YOU WANT TO GO IN
AND SEE THEM AND YOU
COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT
OF THE PATCH.
YEAH, WHEN HE WENT
UP.
HOPEFULLY THEY SHOW IT
OFF A LITTLE BIT MORE.