This happened at the very beginning of March.
In the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, hearing the first drops, the bear Umka woke up, said Alexander Volchak, a tourism specialist at the institution, writes sb.by.
She is already 15 years old. The bear is unique in that during all this time, she decided to fall into hibernation for the first time only in the winter period of 2025/26.
Umka arrived at the zoo of the Berezinsky Reserve as a four-month-old cub. She was very popular with the institution's visitors.
Only from December 2025 was it practically impossible to see the animal. She slept in a wooden house within her enclosure.
"At the beginning of March, Umka decided: it's time to get up — as if sensing that spring with its sun and drops had arrived," said a reserve employee.
However, another permanent resident of the local zoo, the bear Vasilisa, did not hibernate, despite the winter benchmark.
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