TACOMA, Wash. — Here’s something you don’t see every day - a 900-pound polar bear kept under anesthesia as veterinary staff take X-rays, trim his nails and clean his teeth.
Blizzard, the senior polar bear at the Point Defiance Zoo, recently underwent a routine health exam, and the staff concluded he’s doing well for his age.
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Blizzard came to the zoo after becoming an orphan in the Arctic, with no chance of survival in the wild.
He’s 25 now, which is old for a polar bear. The average life expectancy is about 23 years.
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