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Polar Bear Invasion
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Today marks the first public appearance for Flocke–”Snowflake” in German–the polar bear cub taken away from her mother in January because caretakers at the Nuremburg City Zoo feared the mother would eat her. If you think one bear is a handful, try taking on a thousand. Learn how a northern Canadian town copes each October when hungry polar bears invade.

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