Germany has made a lot of mistakes in the past but it looks like they’re finally getting it together in the 21st Century. About a year ago, they rescued a polar bear named Knut (pictured below). He’s growing up and becoming vicious just like any other sweet bear.

Knut the polar bear

Well, Germans finally know a good thing when they see it. When a mother polar bear, Vera, who is presently living at the Nuremberg Zoo, started acting like a maniac (pacing back and forth, carrying her cub in HER JAWS, etc) zookeepers decided to intervene [1]. And now we have a sweet, 4-week-old bear to hang out with.

Apparently the cub is doing well. Nobody knows for sure what sex the bear is, but there is thought that it is female. It is being called “Flocke”, which is German for “flake” (like snow flake–yeah, totally lame name), but the Germans are accepting suggestions for a permanent name since they aren’t creative enough to do it themselves [2].

The video below shows Flocke and her mother. The mother is clearly berserk, but still sweet. I’m glad that Flocke is going to make it.

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There is an excellent website devoted to Flocke here.

[1] http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i26YSrioqHf1q-seU1ErRJ9DTxQA

[2] http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hhQQi1WKMMdbmNNE7_bMbrSj6LEwD8U3VNU00

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