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Knut Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Tangentially related to the Sarah Palin fracas, I’ve been enjoying Knut’s website, which is way nicer than mine. Knut is a polar bear at the Berlin zoo. Too bad zoos will be the only place left for polar bears to live soon, but I guess God wants it that way or something so it’s ok.

Mayor of London Mr Boris Johnson (pictured above) will be in attendance today as a doubtless bemused if not horrified world audience is scheduled to witness a banal and perplexing introduction to the London Olympics of 2012.

This is Knut. After the unproblematic gestation time of the 20-year old polar bear Tosca, Knut and his brother were born on 5 December 2006. Tosca, who is a former circus performer, rejected Knut and his brother. After four days, the brother died and Knut was separated from his mother by zoo workers.

Knut, the famous polar bear from the Berlin Zoo, has long lost his cuteness. He's a real big polar bear now. Alright, some may argue he's still cute but he surely doesn't look like a Steiff teddy anymore.

The celebrity polar bear cub Knut at the Berlin Zoo. He's growing up but still plenty cute.

He was the polar bear cub lauded the world over, who provoked fierce debate on animal rights, appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine at the height of his fame, and has latterly been diagnosed as being addicted to human laughter and applause.

As far as lifelong friendships go, Muschi thinks her large and loveable friend Maeuschen is the cat's pyjamas. The feline, which struck up the unlikely friendship with the 40-year-old Asian bear eight years ago, now can't bear to be apart from her friend.

cat + bear = BFF Published June 15, 2008 Interesting Stuff 2 Comments Tags: cat & bear at berlin zoo, strange news, weekend fun I’m not being “sarcastic”, a cat and a bear are happily living together in a Berlin Zoo. According to this Daily Mail article, the two are inseparable …..

Berlin is waiting for you, and I am sure this city worth your visit, you will not be disappointed. If you plan to visit Berlin, bear in mind these little things listed bellow! 1. Berlin Zoo (Berliner Tiergarten) is Europe’s biggest Zoo, and got very famous once again through the birth of Knut, a polar bear cube.