4.10.2008

He's Not Your Average Teddy

Via BBC:

Shock at polar bear's carp kill

Germany's celebrity polar bear Knut has triggered a new controversy by fishing out 10 live carp from his moat and killing them in front of visitors. . .

The Frankfurter Allgemeine news website reports that Knut "senselessly murdered the carp", fishing them out, playing with them and then leaving the remains. (Full Story)


Is it just me or does this kind of behavior seem somewhat normal for a bear? I also think it’s a little bit funny that the Germans sound offended by Knut.

Side note: Somewhere a reporter had to use “Knut goes nuts.”