wildlife professionals in Arizona said they may be "stumped" via an abnormally small endure cub that weighs simply 15 pounds at almost a yr old, but seems perfectly healthy.
Bearizona flora and fauna Park said on social media that the cub became rescued from a Tucson community remaining week, however specialists at the park and Arizona recreation and Fish had been stunned by the endure's small size.
The little endure weighs simply 15 kilos, notwithstanding being nearly a yr old.
"bear cubs in the usa are all born close to January or February, so this little fella ought to be round 70 kilos this time of year," Dave O'Connell, Bearizona's leader running officer, said in a news release.
Arizona recreation and Fish spokesman Mark Hart stated state experts are equally stumped.
"The undergo weighs 15 kilos, a fifteen-pound endure should be approximately four or 5 months old. the mathematics doesn't paintings," he said.
Hart said the branch is equally stumped by the mystery of the undergo's origins.
"If it were given separated from its mom, irrespective of why inside the backcountry, how did a undergo that small get all the way off the mountain?" Hart said. "we would have idea that a undergo that size would were picked off with the aid of a predator. A coyote, a mountain lion, or maybe any other undergo."
He stated the cub additionally seems perfectly cozy around humans.
"we are able to by no means understand the entire story, but if someone illegally fed this cub for months, it can give an explanation for his comfort round human beings. it might additionally provide an explanation for why he is so small," Hart said.
The cub's elf-like stature and rescue so near Christmas led Bearizona personnel to call him buddy.
pal turned into introduced to the general public for the primary time Friday in a special quarantine location.
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