And John, are, are the bears dangerous at all?

Well, basically, we're not allowed to, to find that out, really.

[laughs] We've got one bear I would, I would not go anywhere near, basically.

He, if you were, you know, ended up in the enclosure with him, you'd be very unlucky.

The houses have, you know, steel cages and boxes and things on the side of them, and you can get right up.

Often when there'll be a bear that, um, requires a bit of medicine for something and, and, you know, you make a bread roll up with a bit of honey, and the medicine crushed up in the honey, and you can hand it to them through the wi- wi- wire, you know? It's all about observation and seeing, you know, when they deviate from their normal behavior and stuff.

What, what does this job that you've held for these, this last decade or so, what have you learnt?

It, it's, it's a challenge to me, being able to work with an animal like this and being able to get on with them without being actually in contact with them and understanding them, basically, and being able to read their behavior.

And John, are, are the bears dangerous at all?

Well, basically, we're not allowed to, to find that out, really.

[laughs]We've got one bear I would, I would not go anywhere near, basically.

He, if you were, you know, ended up in the enclosure with him, you'd be very unlucky.

The houses have, you know, steel cages and boxes and things on the side of them, and you can get right up.

Often when there'll be a bear that, um, requires a bit of medicine for something and, and, you know, you make a bread roll up with a bit of honey, and the medicine crushed up in the honey, and you can hand it to them through the wi- wire, you know? It's all about observation and seeing, you know, when they deviate from their normal behavior and stuff.

What, what does this job that you've held for these, this last decade or so, what have you learnt?

It, it's, it's a challenge to me, being able to work with an animal like this and being able to get on with them without being actually in contact with them and understanding them, basically, and being able to read their behavior.