Man goes for bear hug with Knut

Carleton Bryant The Washington Times - December 22, 2008, 03:09PM

A German man climbed over a barrier at the Berlin Zoo to give Knut the polar bear a hug because he thought it was lonely, Bloomberg is reporting.

Zoo workers stopped the man before he, or the polar bear, could be harmed.

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This is one of those “live and learn” cases. If he had hugged the bear, and lived, he would have learned something.

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Carleton Bryant

Carleton Bryant is a senior editor at The Washington Times, where he oversees the National and Metropolitan desks. He also serves as the newsroom’s internship coordinator. He has served as an assistant managing editor; a National, Metropolitan and Features desk editor; an assistant National desk editor; and a reporter on the National and Metro desks.

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Man goes for bear hug with Knut

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