Further adventures of Knut the Cute
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baleanopteraYou all know how some rather extreme environmentalists wanted to kill the über-cute Knut in the Berlin zoo? Well, apparently the show is not over for the polar bear, because now Knut is blamed for a conspiracy to murder! I quote:
Yan Yan, the zoo's most popular resident until Knut's arrival, died suddenly at the age of 22.
A gift from the Chinese leadership to Helmut Kohl, the former German chancellor, Yan Yan spent much of her time lying on her back chomping at bamboo shoots and was, by all accounts, a happy panda. Heinrich Kloes, the zoo's chief bear curator, said there had been no signs of illness.
But something changed on Monday, days after Knut's introduction to tumultuous crowds, and Yan Yan lay down and died. The cause of death has yet to be determined, but already fingers are being pointed at three-month-old Knut.
The theory is that the stress of Knut, or more precisely Knut's fans proved fatal to the poor panda.
The full story is here. But poor Knut! And poor Yan Yan too.
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Yan Yan, the zoo's most popular resident until Knut's arrival, died suddenly at the age of 22.
A gift from the Chinese leadership to Helmut Kohl, the former German chancellor, Yan Yan spent much of her time lying on her back chomping at bamboo shoots and was, by all accounts, a happy panda. Heinrich Kloes, the zoo's chief bear curator, said there had been no signs of illness.
But something changed on Monday, days after Knut's introduction to tumultuous crowds, and Yan Yan lay down and died. The cause of death has yet to be determined, but already fingers are being pointed at three-month-old Knut.
The theory is that the stress of Knut, or more precisely Knut's fans proved fatal to the poor panda.
The full story is here. But poor Knut! And poor Yan Yan too.
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Date: 2007-04-14 10:03 am (UTC)This is very true, and I agree that the Moomin books - especially the later ones - are pretty surreal.
As a kid I also read a lot of Maria Gripe (no idea what those are called in English but: Tordyveln flyger i skymningen, Skuggan över stenbänken og Anges Cecilia especially). and those books freaked me out. Not because they are surreal, but because they have this veiled, strange quality. I read them and always felt I was only handed half the story and the rest of the narrative was all those creepy whispers I could barely make out from the text. (if that makes any sense)
And yay for empire Records quote. Your right - it does fit well!