[1/3] A bear eats fruits that the workers have thrown at an animal's pool at the Bear Sanctuary in Pristina, Kosovo, July 18, 2023. REUTERS/Fatos BytyciPRISTINA, July 18 (Reuters) - Workers at a bear sanctuary in Kosovo have come up with creative ways to keep their twenty brown bears cool as temperatures near 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) this week. The bears' pools are regularly topped up with fresh water and their keepers hurl fruit and vegetables into the water to encourage the animals to swim. They also place frozen fruit and vegetables they dub "ice creams" up in the trees, where the bears find them in just a few seconds. "The temperatures are very high and their fur is very thick and it is not easy for them," said Taulant Hoxha, from the bear sanctuary.

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Persons: Taulant Hoxha, Fatos Bytyci, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: REUTERS, Fatos Bytyci, Workers, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Pristina, Kosovo, Fatos, Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA