Yukio bites into an ice block packed with fruits and vegetables at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo

As a carnivorous animal, you wouldn't expect a polar bear to get excited over fruit and vegetables.

They're usually more concerned with capturing seals than ensuring they receive their five-a-day.

However these inhabitants of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo were determined to get to the fruit and vegetables on offer - even if they were enclosed in blocks of ice.

Male polar bear Yukio adopted a practical approach to the task - he lifted up the ice block close to his face and took a mouthful.

His female counterpart, Reiko, was less hands on. She stooped her head instead and took a bite. 

Yukio inspects the ice block of goodies - a gift from the producer of the new film on German polar bear Knut

After she had successfully accessed the fruit and vegetables, she cooled off from the summer heat by diving into the water.

The fruit and vegetables were presented to the Japanese zoo as a gift from the producer of  a new German polar bear film based on the country's most popular mammal - and a Mail Online favourite, Knut.

With temperatures reaching over 30 degrees Celsius by midday, the edibles also provided much-needed sustenance against the summer heat.

  

 

After all that hard work to get to the fruit and vegetables, Reiko dives into the water to cool off








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