During this #FatBearWeek, Shintay is weighing at 211kg (~465lbs) 🐻 Fat Bear Week takes place this year from Sept. 23-30. Are you aware? This period coincides with the time bears like grizzlies are bulking up for their "winter sleep", and at this moment, Shintay is the biggest eater at your Toronto Zoo 🍽️ It’s important to note that Grizzlies do not actually hibernate. Their body under goes changes allowing them to alter body temperature and reduce activity in their gut to help conserve their energy reserves. They can be easily disturbed from their sleep and they can actually wake up at any moment! During this “dormant” period their metabolic activity slows, they do not eat or drink, and lose considerable amounts of body fat every day. In the following year they will regain weight (mostly in the form of fat) in preparation of the next winter sleep. Through positive reinforcement, Wildlife Care trained Shintay to be weighed regularly. When she woke up from her winter torpor in...