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Post by PigsnieLite on Mar 19, 2011 18:48:04 GMT -5
Nooooo! Poor Knut. Only 5 years old, the famous polar bear wuz found dead today in his pool in the Berlin Zoo. No one knows why he died.  
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Post by Avril on Mar 19, 2011 19:30:09 GMT -5
Hmm, seeing a polar bear with a coat that colour is not reassuring, and the top pic looks like he's not a happy bear. How sad.
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Post by PigsnieLite on Mar 19, 2011 20:58:11 GMT -5
Im sure he missed his keeper Dorflein dreadfully -- he died of heart attack in 2008. He wuz only 44. Together in heaven now, they are! 
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Post by Avril on Mar 19, 2011 21:32:25 GMT -5
It looks too hot in Berlin for a Polar Bear...  |
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Post by shoegirl on Mar 20, 2011 12:30:58 GMT -5
Aww poor bear. He lost his best friend and now he is gone too.. |
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Post by Avril on Mar 27, 2011 2:42:01 GMT -5
Ratty just sent me the link to this article via his iPad.
Epilepsy killed celebrity polar bear Knut: report
(Reuters) - Knut, the celebrity orphan polar bear who drew thousands of visitors to Berlin zoo, died after an epileptic fit, according to neurologists quoted by Focus magazine.
A CAT scan had revealed abormalities in the brain of the bear, who may have inherited epilepsy from his father Lars, also a sufferer.
Four year-old Knut, who won global fame as he grew from a cute cub but grew into a 200 kg predator, died in front of horrified visitors at the zoo last weekend.
Neurologists said the fit was triggered by a brain disorder yet to be identified. The magazine said Knut's brain is now being studied at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wild Animal Research (IZW).
Knut shot to fame when he was rejected by his mother and was hand-reared instead by his keeper Thomas Doerflein.
Visitors came to watch keeper and cub playing together. The German post office produced a stamp in Knut's honour and the bear appeared on the cover of numerous publications, including the German edition of Vanity Fair.
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Post by PigsnieLite on Mar 27, 2011 2:47:39 GMT -5
Yes, I saw the video someone took of Knuts last moments -- zoo visitors were watching his enclosure when he got the seizure. He twirled around & around as if he didnt understand whut wuz going on, and then he fell into the pool. When he didnt come out. people began to scream. I couldnt post the video here -- it is too upsetting. |
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