{"id":542629,"date":"2026-03-17T16:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/542629\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:12:08","slug":"genie-the-black-bear-debut-out-of-hibernation-postponed-at-montreals-ecomuseum-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/542629\/","title":{"rendered":"Genie the black bear debut out of hibernation postponed at Montreal&#8217;s Ecomuseum Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring will have to wait a little longer, as Genie the black bear\u2019s expected emergence from hibernation at the\u00a0Ecomuseum Zoo has been postponed.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo had anticipated Genie to wake up Tuesday morning for her first meal of the season, but that awakening has now been delayed to a later day.  <\/p>\n<p>Officials say she did not show any further signs this morning that she was ready to come out of her den.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MicrosoftTeams-image-56-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A hibernation sign for 'Genie' the black bear is is seen\" class=\"wp-image-343064\"  \/>A hibernation sign for \u2018Genie\u2019 the black bear is is seen in Montreal, March 1 2024. (Martin Daigle, CityNews Image)<\/p>\n<p>Her emergence is considered a popular sign of spring, as she often steps out into her snowy enclosure to explore and feed.<\/p>\n<p>Genie has been hibernating since November. After months of hibernation, Genie will gradually regain her strength and will only be active for a few hours each day.<\/p>\n<p>Located in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, the Ecomuseum Zoo is dedicated to preserving Quebec wildlife and is home to species from across the St. Lawrence Valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spring will have to wait a little longer, as Genie the black bear\u2019s expected emergence from hibernation at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-542629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}