This is reported, for example, by the rescue station at Tierpark Goldau. Hedgehogs in particular that weighed very little woke up, as zoo doctor Martin Wehrle told the Keystone-SDA news agency on request. However, the hedgehogs are currently finding it difficult to find food because there are few insects, earthworms and snails.
According to Wehrle, while some animals suffer from the warmer temperatures, others benefit from it. For example, the birds of prey. “They find food in abundance,” said the zoo doctor. Or for the fox, the conditions are “paradise.” He could currently “mouse like crazy”.
The warm temperatures of the last few weeks also brought the bears in the Bern Bear Park out of their hibernation. They came out of their shelter to stretch their paws, as bear park director Peter Schlup said in a video broadcast by BärnToday on Thursday.
Something similar was also observed in the Langenberg Wilderness Park near Zurich. The two brown bears are currently waking up much more frequently than in cold winters. That’s why they can often be seen outside in their enclosure.
It is not uncommon for brown bears to wake up during the winter and take a little stroll. Brown bears don’t really hibernate, they just hibernate. This means that they can also be seen occasionally in “normal” winters.
However, as the wilderness park said at the request of Keystone-SDA, the bears are then deliberately not given any food. The aim is for the animals to withdraw and continue the hibernation.
At Zurich Zoo, the storks are also noticing the warm temperatures, as stated there on request. The birds became active much too early. However, the zoo does not keep animal species that hibernate or hibernate because it focuses on foreign species. There are no hibernating or hibernating animals in the Basel “Zolli” either.
Meanwhile, the real hibernators, such as marmots or dormouse, are completely unimpressed by the mild temperatures. You don’t feel the spring yet. Your sleep is not controlled by temperature, but rather by the influence of light and hormones.
(SDA)