Knut the polar bear in Berlin, Germany.

Celebrity polar bear cub resides in Berlin

Knut, the baby cub polar bear recently gracing the cover of many international magazines, is a resident of the zoo in Berlin (Germany).

Knut is currently the star of a popular 45-minute DVD, is on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine, and is also the subject of several contemporary songs. The management of the Berlin Zoo estimate that over a quarter of a million visitors have come explicitly to see him.

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Source: “Going Knutty”, The Economist Berlin Briefing, April 2007.

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