Wilbaer and Corinna - Baby Polar Bear Debut

Wilhelma Zoo presented 4-month-old Wilbaer to the public on Wednesday, bringing the fluffy cub outdoors alongside his mother, Corinna.

Wilbaer made his debut just a week after the Nuremberg zoo presented its female cub, Flocke, who has been hand-raised since her mother was seen tossing the cub around her enclosure in January.

No such worries for Wilbaer, who initially stuck close by his mother when he emerged on Wednesday.

The cub sniffed at rocks and tentatively stuck his front paws in the water before eventually following his mother's lead and diving in.

Wilbaer was born on Dec. 10, a day before Flocke. However, the zoo only announced his birth at the end of February, citing the media frenzy that surrounded the Berlin zoo's hand-raised polar bear cub Knut last year as its reason for keeping the arrival under wraps at first.

Still, zoo officials say they have had his name — a combination of the zoo's name and the German for bear, "Baer" — registered as a trademark.

04/16/08 - Associated Press -- AP --

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[HugsLeafyGreenThings]

i went to this on a german exchange, i diddnt get to see the bear but they were playing fims about him. aww

[Rajnoma]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Polar Bears! The Mother & Cub are so lovely I have tears in my eyes! The cubbie swims very well! I never realized they could be such good swimmers during this early period in their lives.

[alinapepsi]

Contact the Canadian Wildlife Service and Environment Canada (of which Canadian Wildlife Service is a part) and insist that it cease to allow the sport/trophy hunting of polar bears in Canada. Canadian Wildlife Service Environment Canada Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H3 819-997-1095 Fax: 819-997-2756 Environment Canada National Office Ottawa ON, K1A 0H3 819-997-2800 Fax: 819-953-2225