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 Beautiful animals by hojasdehierba
Segun una antigual leyenda, un oso fue el primer animal al que mato el fundador de la ciudad y se dice que esta es la razon para el nombre de la ciudad, Berna. Cruzando el puente Nydeggbrucke), puedes ver un foso que sirve de morada a cinco osos pirenaicos que entretienen al visitante, especialmente a los ninhos, claro. Es un espectaculo ver como pillan al vuelo los trozos de comida que les dan, aunque yo prefiero no alimentarles, porque, como muchos animales en cautividad, con toda probabilidad reciben demasiada comida.
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 Terrifying bear? by littlesam1
This bear really looks angry and if you enlarge the picture it looks like he is growling and is ready to attack someone. However if you look at the top of the pit just over the bears head you will see a tourist pouring Coca Cola out of a bottle above the bear. The bear was catching the drink in his mouth and seemed to be enjoying it. Leave a Comment Address: Nydegggasse over the Nydeggbrucke Bridge
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 by Hosell
From here we started our nice and long walked tour in the old town.
I noticed that people were feeding the bears,with some small chocolates and fruits, I didn't see any sign to say that it was forbidden to feed them, so I'm not sure but you can give something to eat to the bears on the pit.It is open to public from 8 a.m to 6 p.m..
They looks very nice and funny and this place is always full of tourists!!. Leave a Comment
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 Is it happy there? by Rhondaj
There is a huge information center with public toilets right next to the pits, so that was good. Leave a Comment Directions: cross over the Nydegg bridge and there it is
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UPDATE FROM 30/4/2009 - Pedro, the last Bern Bear Pit resident was euthanized at age 28 suffering from incurable arthritis. The new Bear Pit being built next to the old one is scheduled to open later this year.
From the train station we took a nice leisurely walk to the other edge of town and just across the river are the famous Bear Pits. Actually, being from Chicago and having 2 classic zoos in our area we were a little underwhelmed by the Bear Pits. But as this town has close ties to the Bear and in Chicago our Bears football team is much beloved we had to see this attraction.
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Bears, Bern's mascot, have been kept in the Barengraben (bear pits) since 1480. Some people seem to think this is cruel but it doesn't really differ much from a zoo except that people occasionally throw them food, when we were there it was apples and raisins, and the bears caught even those tiny raisins with ease. The two bears seemed to be pretty content, they were rollling on their backs and hamming it up for the crowds, I was expecting a lot worse based on the reviews that I saw.
Legend has it that the city was named Bern because the duke of Zahringen, back in 1191, sent his hunters out into the surrounding woods and he said he would name the city after the 1st animal that was killed, an unlucky bear was the receipient of the naming rights. Leave a Comment Directions: on the opposite side of the Nydegg bridge from the old town, in front of the tourist office
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 let me out! by btexLeave a Comment Directions: Just east of the old town - near Nydegg Bridge
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