HotmailAfter Flocke, Wilbaer takes the limelight
Unlike hand-raised stars, this polar bear cub debuts with his mother
 Michael Latz / AFP - Getty Images Germany's third recent polar bear cub, Wilbaer is joined by his mother, Corinna, on his big day. Both Flocke, who debuted last week, and world famous (but older and not as cute) Knut are being hand-reared due to abusive and negligent moms, respectively. |
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STUTTGART, Germany - German polar bear fans have another star to visit.
Stuttgart's Wilhelma zoo presented 4-month-old Wilbaer to the public on Wednesday — bringing the fluffy cub outdoors alongside his mother, Corinna.
Wilbaer's debut came 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.
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Ronald Wittek / EPA Wilbear and Corinna frolick around an enclosure at the Wilhema zoo in Stuttgart, Germany. |
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.
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