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Knut The Polar Bear Dead:
BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin's beloved polar bear Knut, who rose to stardom when he was hand-raised by zoo keepers after being rejected by his mother rejected at birth, died on Saturday, a zoo official said.
(Scrolls down for photos and video of Knut the polar bear) The world-famous bear died alone in his compound, bear keeper Heiner Kloes told The Associated Press. "He was by himself in his compound, he was in the water, and then he was dead," said Kloes. "He was not sick, we don't know why he died." A post mortem will be conducted on Monday to try pinpoint his cause of death, he said. Between 600 and 700 people were at Knut's compound and saw the four-year-old bear die, German news agency DAPD reported. Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit called Knut's death "awful." Story continues below "We all held him so dearly," Wowereit told daily newspaper B.Z. "He was the star of the Berlin zoos." The polar bear rose to global fame after he was rejected by his mother when he was born in captivity on December 5, 2006. The fluffy cub was shown to the public 15 weeks later, and attendance at the zoo has roughly doubled since, officials said. The resulting "Knutmania" led to a 2007 Vanity Fair cover with actor Leonardo DiCaprio shot by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, a film and plush likenesses. Though the zoo has never released exact numbers, Knut merchandise including postcards, key chains, candy and stuffed Knuts have brought in hundreds of thousands of euros. ![]() LINK
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aw. This is so sad.
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It was an assassination
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The black bear ninja killed the white bear?
Dat's waisis.
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“Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo”
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Nuts. Probably died of loneliness. Or maybe it was just a bad swimmer. It never had a momma to teach him right.
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To shreds, you say?
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I suspect, if you dig deeply enough, you'll find cows at the bottom of this...
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Nearly done.
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Not loneliness, they're normally solitary animals aren't they?
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The price of stardom. Dying young, and probably with bottles of oxycontin and valium on the nightside table.
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There was a koala on the grassy knoll....
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I hear them call the tide
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His problems may have been due to incest, and he's going to be stuffed, apparently:
http://www.news.com.au/world/vets-be...-1226026475878
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I can't even look at those pictures without almost crying.
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I hear them call the tide
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The last link has a video of his demise
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