EIGHT years after Knut drew millions of visitors to the
Berlin Zoo, the polar bear’s baby brother has been christened at a zoo in the
north-eastern German town of Rostock.
The cub, now
four months old and living with his mother Vilma, was christened “Fiete” on
Tuesday after nearly 3000 name suggestions were submitted at the zoo.
Rostock mayor
Roland Methling, who has been named the cub’s godfather, conducted the
christening by spraying the four-month-old cub with water from a fire hose.
Fiete
shares a father with Knut, the polar bear that drew millions of people to
Berlin in 2007. Knut was the zoo’s first polar bear to survive past infancy in
three decades and quickly became a global sensation.
Knut died in 2011 from the after effects of a brain infection.
World famous ... Knut, then three months old, waves as he plays with his minder.
Cute ... Knut swimming in his enclosure at the Tiergarten zoo in Berlin.
The christening was one of the new cub’s first public appearances since his birth on December 3.
Fiete, who now
weighs 20 kilogrammes, will remain with his mother for another two years.
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