Flocke
Apr 8 2008, AP

Never mind the burly polar bear Knut, here’s the cute new cub Flocke. With all the fanfare of a movie premiere or record release, Nuremberg city and zoo officials on Tuesday introduced Germany’s latest winsome polar bear cub to a public eager for its...

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