
We remember: That was last year in Knut's outpost on Rodrigues , Sweet Corn Festival in April...A corncob waited for a celebrity then, who unfortunately did not show up...

Sure, we felt sympathetic for Knut, as a model for stamps it is rather difficult to spare some time, he was somehow glued to Bearlin and couldn't join our great festival...

This year he wanted to come, he worked hard every day, already in anticipation of the corncob, a size he wanted to meet with grace...

Fish, meat, ox-tails, bones and desserts belonged to the trainings program, enhanced even by a special diet in order to increase his appetite...

When Knut learnt that due to lack of rain his outpost would not celebrate corn this year, he was understandably disappointed but new plans had come up in the meantime.Why not travel to Kingfisher Lake in England...Benson was on his mind already for quite some time...

But on August 4 travelling plans had to be abandoned again, this time due to dramatical circumstances...

Benson, the most of famous (and THICKEST) carp was dead by now, her death made him somehow melancholy, he did neither long for fish nor for meat...

It was the colour of his moat...

And the sweet taste of the algues...

...which made him remember the outpost corn and to announce consequently a Green Corn Week for bears...And Nuremberg should be the first to start!

"Jeez, this Knut bear from Bearlin can sometimes be really pathetic, don't you think? Green stuff is just great, who needs carps...and by the way, where is the corn?"

While Mister Rasputin tests the cauli flower...

...Miss Flocke is busy testing some sweet corn...

It is much better than she expected...

The figures about the food value of corn (Knut sent them) didn't mean anything to her, who eats numbers?

The more she gnawed, licked, sucked and ate...

The more it felt familiar...

And while she decides fom now on always to be there where sweet corn is available (who knows: maybe it will rain more next season in Knut's outpost...?)...

...which is exactly what Knut too is thinking...

After a short moment of hesitation...(the corn is so small, not like the one on Rodrigues!!!)

This one demands an artful and delicate approach...

No bearbaric devouring...


...she seems to have managed the unwrapping part well too...

Maxie (Bärenzwinge), on the contrary, did not really develop the right enthusiasm...

However, our Green Corn Week is a huge success, who knows, one day even some agricultural experts or representatives from Rodrigues might come to Bearlin for some exchange and planning of the next Sweet Corn Festival...?

Photo credits:
- Maisfieber in Berlin/You want more sweet corn in Berlin, go to ChristinaM
- Maisfieber in Nürnberg/You want more sweet corn in Nuremberg, go to Manuela
- Benson/Wikipedia(dt., engl.)
Other photos of : LeenaP, Hartmuth, James Castel
3 Kommentare:
Hi Birgit
Es wundert mich doch sehr, dass Dir bis jetzt gar niemand einen kleinen Gruß zu Deinem hübschen Mais-Beitrag mit den schönen Fotos und Links geschrieben hat.
So mache ich jetzt mal den Anfang und sage 'merci beaucoup' und 'schee isses!'
Ein herzliches 'Guten Morgen' auf die Insel mit den besten Wünschen für einen schönen Tag.
Dumba
Liebe Dumba,
Vielen Dank für deinen Kommentar, schön dass er dir gefäält , der MAisbeitrag, der ja im Übrigen gar nicht so schnell entstanden wäre,hätte mir da nicht ein guter Geist schnell die entsprechenden Links geschickt!!!))
Dank dir also von ganzem Herzen und auch den Fotografinnen , die diese tollen Momente eingefangen haben.
Ich finde Mais ist eine klasse Sache für Eisbären!Und ich glaube immer noch,dass Knut schon vorher einmal Mais bekommen hat, doch danach hatte ich bereits letztes Jahr erfolglos auf meiner Harddisk gesucht...
Ganz lieben Grüß in die Bärenhauptstadt...
Birgit
Surprised to see bears eating maize.
Frederic from Rodrigues
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