The AP is reporting that Knut, Germany’s once-famous “beloved” polar bear, is able to stay at home in the Berlin Zoo after the zoo paid out a $600,000 settlement over an ownership dispute.
Beloved? Since when?
Last time the now-brownish bear was in the news, zoologists had labeled him a “psychopath”, and he was being kicked out of the zoo because he was no longer earning his keep.
So does that mean he’s completed some court-mandated polar bear rehab, or have the Berlin Zoo’s ticket sales just picked up since his eviction notice?
Who knows. But it wouldn’t be the first time a renewed marketability has transformed a has-been freak of nature into revered legend. (*cough* Michael Jackson *cough*)
Previously:
Knut not so cute, gets the boot
Knut the ‘psychopath’ polar bear gets visit from lonely fan
