The Bears of the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center

Kobuk and Nakina are brother and sister who were actually from a litter of triplets. Their mother and brother were shot and killed by a resident near the community of Delta Junction, Alaska. They came to live at the GWDC in 1998. Kobuk displays confidence when interacting with larger male bear at the Center, Revel and and can spend hours wrestling with either one. Nakina seems content playing with Revel but will also entertain herself searching out hides, fish and bones. Being from the interior part of Alaska, Kobuk and Nakina will be about the same size as Yellowstone bears with weights between 450 and 600 pounds. Kobuk and Nakina were named by a West Yellowstone and Delta Junction elementary student who picked these names after the rivers near the bear's birthplace.