101.5 KNUE Country Radio » polar bear http://knue.com Thu, 23 May 2013 18:24:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Mysterious Death of Knut the Polar Bear Revealed http://knue.com/mysterious-death-of-knut-the-polar-bear-revealed/ http://knue.com/mysterious-death-of-knut-the-polar-bear-revealed/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:21:31 +0000 Marcie Pink http://knue.com/?p=6595 Two weeks ago, the Berlin Zoo's most famous resident -- Knut, a 4-year-old polar bear -- was observed seizing up before collapsing into the water in front of a 600-person crowd. He died shortly after, much to the dismay of zookeepers and officials.

Since his March 19 passing, pathologists have studied Knut's body to determine the actual cause of death. They say he ultimately died from drowning, but that a serious underlying infection that caused his brain to swell was the true culprit.

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