Meet Siku, the only Polar Bear cub in an American zoo. "Siku" means “ice” in the Inupiat language, and it was chosen for
him by a fourth grader from the North Slope
Borough of Alaska. The Toledo Zoo, in conjunction with the World
Wildlife Fund, Polar Bears International and the North Slope Borough
Department of Wildlife Management, sponsored a naming contest for children in
that area in which they suggested names for the cub. The Zoo’s large mammal keepers chose Siku, and it’s a fitting name for an animal
whose wild counterparts depend on ice shelves for hunting.
Photo Credits: Jen Lockridge
