Another thing, as we steadily march towards the cams turning on: Shedding Season!
Bears shed in early summer, and different bears have different shed patterns! Theres even some bears that have been named after particularly notable shed patterns, like 399 No Pants. So named because, well:
source: Katmai NP&P Flickr, Public Domain, 2022
The guy had No Pants.
747 is also notable for his unfortunate shed, at least in recent years:
source: Explore.org, captured by me, july 10th 2024
I like to think that he's wearing assless chaps. Its Called Fashion, Sweety. 💅
and then you have bears like 806 (seen here with her cub 806jr) that shed their face before their forehead/ears:
Gif by LunaCre, from early july 2024
which makes it look like they're wearing a bear hat!
and thats just a few examples of what bear shedding season can look like -- i'm sure we'll see plenty more when the cams go live!