Neuer Lebensabschnitt: Knut & Gianna

Mit diesen Photos von Knut und Gianna heute von ChristinaM möchte ich den heutigen und letzten Tag des Monats September ohne viele Worte beenden...-

With these photos of Knut and Gianna today I want to close this last day of September without any comments...

Photo credits:
ChristinaM's photos of Knut and Gianna's encounter today

Magic Moments In Gelsenkirchen....Bill & Lara

"ZUM HEULEN SCHÖN....", meint nicht nur ChristinaM

Photo credts: (dpa1,3,4), Martin Meissner (2,5/AP)
Artikel zum ersten Date gestern/dt. hier
Article and slideshow about their first date yesterday here/engl.

You can also click Magic Moments in the blog's right side bar to get to Lara and Bill, who by the way is the one with the smaller head...

Bärenannäherung....Getting to know each other...

Und hier gibt es das wirklich sehenswerte Video, welches die Annäherung von Flocke und ihrem russischen Prinzen zeigt zwischen der Ankunft des kleinen russischen Prinzen bis zu dem 7. Januar, wo sie gemeinsam das Gehege und sich selbst erkundet haben. -

Please enjoy now the lovely video about the days before the Russian little prince (who arrived in Nuremberg on December 29 in a wooden case) and Flocke could discover themselves and the enclosure together for the first time on January 7.


It is really fascinating to see how it worked, the hand-raised Flocke and the one year old bear from Moscow, who was raised together with a brother by their biological mom. Unfortunately the video is only in German but it's easy to follow, at least I think so... Please feel free to use the comment function in case you need or wish more explanations in English...

Photo credits: Spiegel Online - Frans, thanks for that link with the lovely pics!
Video credit: BR - Bauz, thank you for the link to the precious video and for making it even downloadable!