![Popular polar bear Knut picks up a loaf of bread in the shape of the number three on his third birthday in the zoo in Berlin, December 5, 2009. Knut rose to Popular polar bear Knut picks up a loaf of bread in the shape of the number three on his third birthday in the zoo in Berlin, December 5, 2009. Knut rose to](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CP15M7/popular-polar-bear-knut-picks-up-a-loaf-of-bread-in-the-shape-of-the-number-three-on-his-third-birthday-in-the-zoo-in-berlin-december-5-2009-knut-rose-to-fame-when-he-was-hand-reared-after-his-mother-rejected-him-in-2006-reutersthomas-peter-germany-animals-society-2CP15M7.jpg)
Popular polar bear Knut picks up a loaf of bread in the shape of the number three on his third birthday in the zoo in Berlin, December 5, 2009. Knut rose to
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A woman places a rose at the polar bear enclosure in Berlin zoo, March 20, 2011. Knut, the polar bear who became a global celebrity as a cute cub, died in Berlin
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![A white rose and a letter informing of the death of Thomas Doerflein, foster father of polar bear 'Knut', are attached to the fence of Knut's enclosure at the zoo of Berlin, A white rose and a letter informing of the death of Thomas Doerflein, foster father of polar bear 'Knut', are attached to the fence of Knut's enclosure at the zoo of Berlin,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D4G3YP/a-white-rose-and-a-letter-informing-of-the-death-of-thomas-doerflein-D4G3YP.jpg)