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A “breathtaking” image of a young polar bear drifting off to sleep on an iceberg has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award. ... came top in a public vote that saw a ...
Berlin Zoological Garden. Knut (German pronunciation: [ˈknuːt] ⓘ; 5 December 2006 – 19 March 2011) was an orphaned polar bear born in captivity at the Berlin Zoological Garden. Rejected by his mother at birth, he was raised by zookeepers. He was the first polar bear cub to survive past infancy at the Berlin Zoo in more than 30 years.
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas. It is closely related to the brown bear, and the two species can interbreed. The polar bear is the largest extant species of bear and land carnivore, with adult males weighing 300–800 kg (660–1,760 lb). The species is sexually dimorphic, as adult females ...
Siku (polar bear) Siku, approximately 6 months old and weighing 34 kg (75 lb). Photo: Lars Schmidt. Siku (born 22 November 2011 in Skandinavisk Dyrepark) is a male polar bear. He has several siblings such as Sné. After his mother failed to produce enough milk to feed him, he was taken into care in the Scandinavian Wildlife Park in Denmark.
Tragic photos taken on a remote Arctic island show two young polar bear cubs playing with and chewing on a large sheet of black plastic as their mother looks away.
Thomas Dörflein. Thomas Dörflein (13 October 1963 – 22 September 2008) was a German zookeeper at the Berlin Zoological Garden for 26 years. After the baby polar bear Knut was abandoned by his mother shortly after his birth in 2006, Dörflein—who cared for both the zoo's wolves and the bears—was assigned as the cub's caretaker.
Sex. Female. Born. (2015-11-06) November 6, 2015 (age 8)[1] Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Nora (born November 6, 2015) is a polar bear at the Oregon Zoo. [2] She was born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio and later lived at the Hogle Zoo in Utah. [3]
[1] [2] The use of polar bears in the 1993 ad campaign was, according to creator Ken Stewart, inspired by his labrador retriever dog which resembled a polar bear. [3] The polar bear has since become "one of the most popular symbols of Coca-Cola." [4] Following the success of Northern Lights, the Coca-Cola Company has produced many more ...