Hot Shots of Two Cute German Bears

The Berlin Zoo recently welcomed Knut, a polar bear to its panoply of God's creatures. As reported in the Spiegel, little Knut, son of 20-year old Tosca, was born December 5, but spent the first 44 days of his life in an incubator. Now weighing 3.9 kgs, Knut is shown here with his zookeeper, a Daniel Day-Lewis look-a-like, Thomas Dörflein who has slept at the zoo since the little dude was born to provide round-the-clock care. Visitors will have to wait a bit to see Knut since the trauma of public display could be too much for the little bear. We're guessing the big bear is ready for some public exposure as soon as you ask him.

First Polar Bear Born in Berlin Zoo in 30 years [Spiegel]

[Photo: Reuters]

More dismayingly cute photos after the jump!

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