(22 Jan 2025)
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 22 January 2025
1. Various of bear swimming in a pond
2. Various of bear eating a round popsicle
3. Various of jaguar licking popsicles
4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Erminda Couto, 62 years old, teacher:
“To offer frozen food, as they lick it, they have the meat and the coolness. Also, to have access to water, I hope it is renewed, as with this heat, even that gets hot, all this improves a lot their well-being.”
5. Various of bird pecking a popsicle
6. Various of monkey going through a popsicle
7. Mother and child watching the animals
8. Woman taking a video with her phone
9. Letícia Feitosa smiling at the animals
10. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Letícia Feitosa, 30 years old, Biologist Rio BioParque:
“During this very hot day, our daily activity was giving popsicles to the animals. For the carnivores, the preferable flavour is blood, for other animals it is fruit, legumes. These activities are important because, besides stimulating their natural behavior, they fulfill their behavioral needs, and it’s important for their mental well-being. These activities will also give thermal comfort.”
11. Jaguar swimming in a pond
STORYLINE:
Rio de Janeiro’s local zoo is giving ice pops to a bear, a jaguar, wolves and monkeys for some welcome relief from Brazil’s stifling summer heat.
The ice pops are part of the animals’ well-being program, providing thermal comfort. Some also have access to water tanks or air-conditioning to cool down.
The animals aren’t the only ones sweltering. In recent days, temperatures have shot over 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), sending locals diving into the ocean for a refreshing dip or to street vendors for frozen treats, often chocolate or vanilla-flavored.
At Rio’s BioParque, some have a different preference.
“For animals that are carnivores, their favorite flavor is blood,” said Letícia Feitosa, a 30-year-old biologist. Herbivores are given fruit or vegetable-flavored frozen snacks, she added.
Visitors eagerly watched Poty, a 5-year-old black jaguar, complete laps in a fresh-water pool.
Erminda da Conceição Guerreiro Couto, who was visiting the zoo and is also a biology professor at a university, says distributing ice pops is part of preventing high temperatures from interfering with their organisms.
“They get more tired. They become less stimulated. They tend to be very quiet,” Guerreiro Couto said. “As (the treat) melts, they lick it off. In addition to the meat, they have the freshness.”
High temperatures in Brazil’s southeast were set to drop from Thursday, according to the National Institute of Meteorology, while Rio’s town hall said rain was forecast from Wednesday afternoon.
AP Video by Mario Lobão
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