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Bear down! Brookfield Zoo celebrates the start of the Chicago Bears season

CHICAGO (CBS) -- As the Chicago Bears get ready to start the season, the team's namesake is celebrating a new season with tasty treats in Bears colors.

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Cathy Bazzoni/CZS-Brookfield Zoo

Bears at the Brookfield Zoo are getting received "football-themed enrichment treats" colored in blue and orange. 

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Cathy Bazzoni/CZS-Brookfield Zoo

Josie, a California sea lion, got an "ice cake" with a football on top.  

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Cathy Bazzoni/CZS-Brookfield Zoo

Axhi and Jim, the zoo's two grizzly bears, along with the sloth bears, Kartik and Hani, all got the cool treats featuring pieces of fruit in frozen blocks. 

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Cathy Bazzoni/CZS-Brookfield Zoo
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