Move over Knut, Paul. Here's Heidi!

danielf · 05-02-2011, 23:38

Here's the latest installment of animals in German zoos gaining worldwide stardom.

First, there was Knut the Polar Bear.

Then, there was Paul, the psychic octopus.

And now, the latest installment: Heidi, the cross-eyed opossum:

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A middle-aged, gray-haired, cross-eyed opossum from Germany has become the latest animal celebrity that caught the attention of the media.

Heidi, a 2 Â½ year-old female opossum at the Leipzig Zoo, now has more than 100,000 likes on its Facebook page, and more and more people are viewing a video of her on YouTube.

http://thenewschronicle.com/heidi-cr...on/0112010951/

Good. I couldn't stand that Octopus that chose Spain anyway...

TheDaddy · 06-02-2011, 08:01

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Originally Posted by danielf

Good. I couldn't stand that Octopus that chose Spain anyway...

Let it go Dan, he is dead

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11626050

Kymmy · 20-03-2011, 11:09

Is there a pattern emerging as sadly poor Knut has also just died

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12796359

TheDaddy · 20-03-2011, 20:54

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Originally Posted by Kymmy

Is there a pattern emerging as sadly poor Knut has also just died

I heard on the news that he may have been porked to death by lady bears

Others claimed that Knut had died of stress, saying he was bullied by the three female bears he shared the enclosure with - Tosca, Nancy and Katjuscha.

'They should have given him a compound of his own,' said pensioner Brigit Krause. 'The ladies were constantly harassing him.'

Ahh maybe not then, more like nagged to death...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti....html?ITO=1490

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy

Bet he didn't predict that.

Probably not, six feet under, wonder what they did with the other two