Lily and Hope Update

Our class has been anxiously awaiting the birth of Lily's new cub(s).  We check in on Lily and Hope often throughout the day.  We have been studying black bears and reading all the books we can find to learn more about them.  At 5:08 this evening, Lily showed signs of being in labor.  Last year, Lily was in labor with Hope for 22 hours, so hopefully some time tomorrow the new cub(s) will arrive.  Through our research on black bears our class learned that they usually have 2-3 cubs at one time (although one book we read said anywhere from 1-5 cubs).  We tallied how many cubs the students in our class thought Lily would have.  Two students thought she would have two cubs, and 13 students thought she would have three cubs.  Unfortunatly, we do not have school tomorrow so we cannot check in on Lily and Hope together.  If you get a chance, please go to http://www.bear.org/ and click on the link to Lily and Hope's den cam.  You can also read updates on what has been happening on the website.  I can't wait to watch and learn more about these bears with along with the students.