pep$ & kat
Mar. 24, 2007. 11:09 AM
He’s only 15 weeks old, but the Berlin Zoo’s impossibly cute polar bear cub
Knut already has become a sought-after media star in his home city with his own TV show and
video podcast, a photo shoot and a long-awaited public debut scheduled in the coming days.
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Fascination with the nearly 19-pound bear, has only grown in recent days, after headlines
generated by an animal activist who insisted that the cub should have been left to die after
his mother ignored him and his brother — who later died — after their birth in December.
They were the first polar bears born at the zoo in 33 years.
Zoo officials intervened, instead, choosing to raise the cub themselves through bottle-feeding
and keeping the cub in an incubator. The story earlier this week prompted quick condemnations from
the zoo, politicians and other animal rights groups who argued that although the bear would be
more used to humans than his counterparts in the wild, there was no reason not to have kept the
cub alive.
Zoo officials were meeting Wednesday to discuss when the button-eyed cub, who has endeared
himself by snuggling up to his own teddy bear and wrestling with a toilet brush, will be put on
public view after building a following through the zoo’s Internet site and daily pictures in newspapers.
staciixsmosh
Mar. 24, 2007. 11:31 AM
Yer this is a really cute story, been reading about it in the papers. Can't believe that people wanted him put down though
EvilImmigrant
Mar. 24, 2007. 11:56 AM
Aw, I love Knut. He's all over the papers.
A little white ball of fur.
DANGbang!
Mar. 24, 2007. 01:48 PM
AWWWH. CUTECUB.
##pirategirl##
Mar. 24, 2007. 01:49 PM
yeah, i read that in the papers.
awh
legend16o
Mar. 24, 2007. 01:51 PM
Looks delicious...........I mean cute
the smoshettes
Mar. 24, 2007. 01:52 PM
ohmygosh
SO CUTE
wowwww. <3
dumb momma bear.
audra
Mar. 24, 2007. 01:58 PM
animal activists confuse the shit out of me. they would rather see the bear die than help it to live? gahhh
Dust_In_The_Wind
Mar. 27, 2007. 02:53 PM
thats sad
animallover3479
Mar. 27, 2007. 03:00 PM
Wat a cute bear.
mikeshox
Mar. 27, 2007. 03:10 PM
wtf?!?!
just bcause the bear is white every1 makes a big deal
but how about them n*ggas that r abandoned when their babys 2?!?!?
SmosherxMosher
Mar. 27, 2007. 03:12 PM
can i keep him!?!?!
i love polar bears!!!
Boxiom
Mar. 27, 2007. 03:14 PM
fuck bears
##pirategirl##
Mar. 27, 2007. 03:14 PM
we're just one big news bullitin forum now
Camisado<3
Mar. 27, 2007. 03:15 PM
Awwww. So cute!
mikeshox
Mar. 27, 2007. 03:17 PM
QUOTE(Boxiom @ Mar. 27, 2007. 08:14 PM) [snapback]256249[/snapback]
fuck bears
FUCK YEAH
FUCK THEM BEARS...
but dont fuck the bear like the dude fucked the dead deer
R.I.P.
Deer
audra
Mar. 27, 2007. 03:41 PM
QUOTE(##pirategirl## @ Mar. 27, 2007. 07:14 PM) [snapback]256251[/snapback]
we're just one big news bullitin forum now
there ARE a lot of news topics being posted... maybe there should be like a new part to the forum where only news topics can go? then people who dont want to see news can avoid it lol
BasketCase
Mar. 27, 2007. 03:54 PM
that was soooo sad!
he is soo cute!
i had a dream i owned a polar bear cub.
it was sooo cute!
smosherrama
Mar. 27, 2007. 03:58 PM
i want a pet polar bear
QUOTE(mikeshox @ Mar. 27, 2007. 03:17 PM) [snapback]256259[/snapback]
QUOTE(Boxiom @ Mar. 27, 2007. 08:14 PM) [snapback]256249[/snapback]
fuck bears
FUCK YEAH
FUCK THEM BEARS...
but dont fuck the bear like the dude fucked the dead deer
R.I.P.
Deer
lol...agreed.....
protagonist
Mar. 27, 2007. 04:51 PM
QUOTE(mikeshox @ Mar. 27, 2007. 06:17 PM) [snapback]256259[/snapback]
QUOTE(Boxiom @ Mar. 27, 2007. 08:14 PM) [snapback]256249[/snapback]
fuck bears
FUCK YEAH
FUCK THEM BEARS...
but dont fuck the bear like the dude fucked the dead deer
R.I.P.
Deer
haha. We should feed the deer guy to the bear.
Whimsical
Mar. 27, 2007. 10:45 PM
I'm glad that they decided to keep him alive.
Mattymonkey
Mar. 27, 2007. 11:16 PM
CUTE
PsychoWithaStick
Mar. 28, 2007. 05:18 PM
QUOTE(mikeshox @ Mar. 27, 2007. 04:17 PM) [snapback]256259[/snapback]
but dont fuck the bear like the dude fucked the dead deer
R.I.P.
Deer
yea, i was gonna say something along the lines of that...
arielle
Mar. 28, 2007. 05:28 PM
I still don't understand the reasoning behind activists wanting to put the cub down. Just because it's used to humans, doesn't mean it can't mate and have more babies. Isn't the polar bear population really low or something?
And what is this stuff about a man doing it with a deer? I've never heard of it before.
costa-k
Mar. 28, 2007. 05:37 PM
QUOTE(arielle @ Mar. 28, 2007. 06:28 PM) [snapback]258217[/snapback]
I still don't understand the reasoning behind activists wanting to put the cub down. Just because it's used to humans, doesn't mean it can't mate and have more babies. Isn't the polar bear population really low or something?
And what is this stuff about a man doing it with a deer? I've never heard of it before.
what you fail to understand is that nobody wants a weak polar bear. We got to train it to be a souless machine that kills without a second thought. Also if the bear is a panzy it will get its ass kicked by the female. And thats just embarasing for everyone.
arielle
Mar. 28, 2007. 05:43 PM
Of course. forgive my thoughtlessness.
mikeshox
Mar. 28, 2007. 05:46 PM
QUOTE(protagonist @ Mar. 27, 2007. 09:51 PM) [snapback]256424[/snapback]
QUOTE(mikeshox @ Mar. 27, 2007. 06:17 PM) [snapback]256259[/snapback]
QUOTE(Boxiom @ Mar. 27, 2007. 08:14 PM) [snapback]256249[/snapback]
fuck bears
FUCK YEAH
FUCK THEM BEARS...
but dont fuck the bear like the dude fucked the dead deer
R.I.P.
Deer
haha. We should feed the deer guy to the bear.
No No poor NUBS
he didnt mean 2...thats just his meaning in life...
Chris AwesomeFace Awesome
Mar. 28, 2007. 05:46 PM
Meh, people should not intervene with natural things like this... There is a reason the mum left 'em and they should have been left to die.... In my opioion...
arielle
Mar. 28, 2007. 05:50 PM
QUOTE(Chris AwesomeFace Awesome @ Mar. 28, 2007. 05:46 PM) [snapback]258252[/snapback]
Meh, people should not intervene with natural things like this... There is a reason the mum left 'em and they should have been left to die.... In my opioion...
That doesn't make any sense. When you're sick, do you not take medicine to get better? If you're all for letting nature run it's course, then maybe you shouldn't. Humans are all about intervening.
costa-k
Mar. 28, 2007. 05:52 PM
QUOTE(arielle @ Mar. 28, 2007. 06:43 PM) [snapback]258249[/snapback]
Of course. forgive my thoughtlessness.
think nothing of it. Polar bears lead complicated lives. It was only after living among them for most of my childhood did i come to understand there customs.
toreen
Mar. 28, 2007. 05:52 PM
this reminds me of what i saw in "an inconvenient truth," polar bears are drowning because global warming melts the floating layers of ice and they can't relax on the ice after swimming in the vast ocean.
arielle
Mar. 28, 2007. 06:00 PM
QUOTE(costa-k @ Mar. 28, 2007. 05:52 PM) [snapback]258260[/snapback]
think nothing of it. Polar bears lead complicated lives. It was only after living among them for most of my childhood did i come to understand there customs.
I understand completely. I just recently got back from living with eagles for eight years. They had wings and whatnot, so I had to make do with what I had. Like running naked through the trees. More aerodynamic.
mikeshox
Mar. 28, 2007. 06:02 PM
Y does every1 care about the white bear???
WTF ever happend 2 that black bear....o w8 just cause hes black no1 gives a shit its just -1 negro in the world
PS-400 posts
nba185
Mar. 29, 2007. 12:11 AM
My papers didn't feature this did they? Its sooo cute.
They'll definitely keep it since polars are gonna be extinct.
smosherrama
Mar. 29, 2007. 09:51 AM
it died
RIP adorable bear....moment of silence
smoshluv14
Jun. 2, 2007. 04:55 PM
Awww That bear cub is adorable! :-D
Bumchatka
Jun. 2, 2007. 05:03 PM
Polar bears eat people. I say we should eat them.
Highlander
Jun. 3, 2007. 02:21 AM
Hope that disgusting animal gets killed
-N-
Jun. 3, 2007. 05:58 AM
QUOTE(Highlander @ Jun. 3, 2007. 01:21 PM) [snapback]385000[/snapback]
Hope that disgusting animal gets killed
id hit that
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