MISHKA MAKES A SPLASH IN DEEP DIVE CLASS
AFTER five months of growing and cute adventures, the Gold Coast’s youngest polar bear has made a splash.
Mishka has been allowed to explore a deep pool at Sea World’s Polar Pre-School exhibit where her predecessors grew up and learned about the world around them.
The grassed area at Polar Pre-School has been removed to make way for the large, deeper pool to allow mother bear Liya to teach Mishka how to swim, dive and explore in the water.
Polar Bear Shores supervisor, Tacha Mulligan said Mishka had mastered her swimming skills in the shallow-water pool and was ready for the deep end.
“Mishka has been doing really well in the purposebuilt shallow wading pool we designed and has displayed a confident swimming ability but it is time for her to hone new swimming skills in the large pool,” she said.
“She is continuing to grow significantly in size and is roughly 30 kilograms and starting to interact with solid foods including fish, beef and pork.”