Trudi.....oder warum die ITB Tourismusmesse auch für Bären spannend sein kann...

Ich habe eine Ansage zu machen!- I have an announcement to make!
Das ist Trudi. - That is Trudi.
Das ist Trudi mit Mariana in Milano letzten Monat während der BIT, der Internationalen Tourismusbörse in Italien. -
This is Trudi with Mariana in Milano last month during the BIT, the International Tourism Fair in Italy.

Das hat mir Mami Simba geschickt. Mariana kommt nämlich aus meinem Aussenposten in Rodrigues und war dort um Rodrigues bekannter zu machen, dabei hat sie Trudi kennengelernt. Seit Dienstag ist eine Delegation aus Rodrigues nun hier in Bärlin. Heute beginnt nämlich die ITB, da gibt es in Halle 20 auch einen Stand mit meinem Aussenposten. Ich glaube, an einem Tag gehe ich auch dort hin. Meinem Aussenposten Guten Tag sagen. Und mich mal umschauen , vielleicht treffe ich ja Trudi oder andere Eisbären, die ihren Urlaub planen. Mal sehen, vielleicht fliege ich ja nochmal wirklich zu meinem Aussenposten.The photo with Trudi was sent to me by Mami Simba. And Mariana who met Trudi in Milano, was there to promote Rodrigues which is my Outpost, on the Tourism Fair. Yesterday she arrived together with Carine from Rodrigues Tourism Office to do the same in Bearlin, to make my Outpost more known to Germans during ITB which starts today. Maybe I will go there too, just to say hello to my Outpost. Maybe I will meet Trudi or other polar bears who are planning their next travels.I might be even tempted to give Rodrigues another try....

Photo credits: Jessie (1), Mariana Meunier/Sandrine Pierre (2,3)

Sorry last link to the story in 2007 only in German...
Public days on ITB: coming Saturday & Sunday , Hall 20, stall 130(Mauritius)

Geht ein Tiger spazieren...When a tiger is strolling...

...kann es sein , dass er Maverick trifft, einen 14 Monate alten Delfin...-
...he might meet 14 months old dolphin Maverick...Vallejo Akaasha, a six-month-old Bengal tiger, enjoys an unlikely encounter with Maverick, a 14-month-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, while being taken for a walk at the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, a theme park in Vallejo, California.

Photo credits: Chinanews.com.cn

Kontraste...

First- day- out-stroll with Mummy...in Canada.

Found too on today's China View, find more pics and story here

生日快樂 - Happy Birthday, Taotao!

Diesen Bären mit Lätzchen (ich geb es zu und wie auch Frau UlliJ sagen würde, SEHR gewöhnungsbedürftig...), kennen wir schon. Im Januar berichteten wir zum ersten Mal über Taotao, eine chinesische Handaufzucht. Im Januar wog dieser nette Bärenjunge (jawoll, auch ein Junge!) noch 35 kg, gestern waren es schon 102 kg! Und es sieht aus, als wenn es zum Geburtstag echte Sahnetorte für ihn gab, ich entdecke zumindest keinen Fisch...

Wie auch immer, alles Gute nachträglich zum Geburtstag, Taotao!Polar bear boy (yes, it's a boy...)Taotao enjoys one year birthday cake at Dalian Laohutan Ocean Park, in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Mar. 9, 2009. Handraised Taotao who was born in the park on March 9th, 2008 has grown up from the beginning of 495 grams to 102 kilograms now.In January, when we introduced him in the K-files, he just weighed 35 KG, maybe he got cream cake not only yesterday?

Happy birthday, little Taotao, and hopefully lots of good fish from now on...!

Photo credits: Xinhua/Ren Yong
Learn more about Taotao here (English/Deutsch)

Новости дня Удмуртии...News aus Udmurtien...

Зоопарк Удмуртии объявил конкурс на имя для нового обитателя – белого медвежонка

В зоопарке Удмуртии появился новый обитатель северных широт – годовалый белый медвежонок. Неделю назад он был привезен из казанского зоопарка, где остались его родители: папа по кличке Пермяк и мама Малышка.

Зоопарк Удмуртии объявляет конкурс на самое оригинальное имя для малыша. По правилам имя должно начинаться на букву «п», как имя его отца, и в нем должна содержаться буква «м» - первая буква имени матери. Все идеи принимаются по телефону 59-60-98 или по адресу 426033 г.Ижевск, ул. Кирова, 8.

А пока медвежонок привыкает к своему новому дому. В Зоопарке Удмуртии он находится на карантине, живет в большом просторном изолированном вольере, расположенном в экспозиции «Белый север». Условия здесь значительно лучше, чем в его прежнем месте обитания, в частности, в вольере находится бассейн с водой, который малыш постепенно осваивает. За несколько дней у медвежонка уже появилось любимое лакомство – замороженный студень на палочке. Тем не менее, он еще немного нервничает, однако сотрудники зоопарка уверяют, что это состояние временное и очень скоро мишка адаптируется к новым условиям.
Zoo Udmurtiens verkündete Wettbewerb, um Namen für neuen Bewohner, einen kleinen Eisbären zu finden.
Der Zoo Udmurtiens hat einen neuen Bewohner nördlicher Breiten - einen einjährigen Eisbären. Vor einer Woche wurde er aus dem Zoo Kasan gebracht, wo seine Eltern blieben: Vater Permjak und Mutter Malyschka. Der Zoo Udmurtiens rief einen Wettbewerb aus um den originellsten Namen für den Kleinen. Der Name soll mit "P" beginnen, wie der Name seines Vaters, und er soll den Buchstaben "M" enthalten, den ersten Buchstaben des Namens der Mutter.

The Outpost got news from Udmurtia. A name competition has been announced for a little one year old polar bear who arrived in mid February from Zoo Kasan. His parents are still living there: Dad Permjak and Mom Malyschka. The zoo is now looking for the most original name for starting with "P" as the name of his father and including an "m", the first letter of his mother's name. So, we are looking forward to the outcome!....Yeah, and it seems as if they are looking for a boy's name if UlliJ did the translation correctly...(By the way, until now she did not explain herself why she was able to do the translation in the first place...))

Welcome, little polar bear boy!

Source from February 24: here, translation UlliJ - Danke Ulli!

8.März...

Simba (rot-braunes Fell, das in der Sonne leuchtet) wäre heute 6 Jahre alt geworden... -
Simba (red-brown fur that shines in the sun) would have turned 6 today...

Missing her... - Du fehlst uns...

Mein 27Monatsgeburtstag...My 27months birthday

Dear Mami Simba,
I missed you and my Outpost on my 27months birthday. It was only after I received your cloudmessage , that I knew that you must have been in some serious Internet trouble, so I will step in and tell you myself. How else will you know what really happened on that day, which, by the way, was a very special day.

This time the bowling business took place the night before. The reason for it was a special treat, which had to be eaten urgently as the wolves had kept it for this event just in the natural fridge the week before. Fortunately it was still eatable, although Bernie was not so sure about it, he kept grinning at me sceptically, telling me all the time, I would probably need a couch afterwards as this kind of food sometimes makes someone even too tired to leave a moat for some days...But this is another story. It's true, I was a bit tired first in the morning but probably not because of the rabbit or of the bowling (to be honest- as the boss of the wolves is more or less blind now, we often do something else...) but of the video- and slideshow watching. From time to time we just have to do that as it is fun to watch the birthday gifts or what I did on my special days. The music is always good too, and so we watched one of the films almost 10 times, much to the liking not only of the boss.
If you have mised the video in June, just have a look now.
ChristinaM made it for me!


With this song in my mind, I was sure I would have a good day. That it got special had more than one reason, the most important one, was Oma Dörflein. As Oma Lisa is still off abroad to find a girl for me, ( although she seems to find only old widows), it was her turn to visit me. And..., she asked me to play some ball with her. Jeez..., she asked me!!! Can you believe that? Anyway, I won't tell you more. We had fun and I really, really like her smell!
So, Mami Simba, but now it's your turn , I can't do all the work for you!

Your friend Knut

PS:
And you missed the birthday of Hartmuth on March 4....As he is always so nice, he will probably not be cross with you, but you never know...You should send him quickly some belated birthday wishes...And don't forget the ladies! It's again their turn now...International Women's Day, just for the record!

Photo credits: PetraW (Oma Dörflein) , Nene(Wolf& rabbit and Bernie), Viktor (Ladies on strike)
Slideshow link & credits: 2years birthday gifts caught by : Frans
Video credits: ChristinaM

Eine Vermisstenanzeige....Petra, bitte melde dich!

Das ist Petra. In bestimmten Kreisen fast so berühmt wie Knut.-
This is Petra. In certain circles a real celebrity as Knut, or at least nearly. Sie machte internationale Schlagzeilen vor allem durch ihre Unkonventionalität, was ihre Liebhaber betraf...-
She made international headlines especially because of her unconventional choice of lovers... Für ihn veließ sie kurzzeitig ihre erste Liebe, das Tretboot...-
For him she left temporarily her first love, the plastic pedalo boat...Aber diese Liebelei war nicht von langer Dauer...-
But this fling did not last long...
Denn schon bald kehrte sie zurück zu ihrer ersten Liebe...-
As very soon she returned to Lover No.1...

Doch nun ist Petra verschwunden, und das schon seit Neujahr...Da bislang die Suche im regionalen Raum erfolglos blieb, bat Knut nun seinen Aussenposten um Hilfe bei der Suche...-But now Petra has disappeared, and that already since New Year...As the search within the local area has been without any success until now, Knut himself approached his outpost for help in this urgent matter...Bitte, Petra, bitte melde dich, es ließe sich sicher auch eine Notunterkunft in Bärlin für dich finden in unmittelbarer Nähe zu diversen Gummitieren, einen neuen Liebhaber dürftest du selbstverständlich mitbringen...-

Please, Petra, get in touch with someone, should you be in need of a sheltered home, don't be afraid, in Bearlin you are welcome at any time, with or without new lover. It goes without saying that plastic animals are a speciality in one enclosure...
Photo credits: KiKa in Hartmuts Forum (2,3,4), wdr (1,5), SylviaMicky (6,7), SimoneF (8) Artikel hier, mit mehr Links...

Sorry, due to Internet access problems, we are a bit late...the 27 months birthday-posting will be coming even later...

Zauberei...und der Winter ist vorbei...Magic

Magic on February 28

Photo credits: ChristinaM (1, the most beautiful bubble I have ever seen!), Jessie (2,8), Natty (3), Monika (4,6), DorisW (7), Idefix(5), LeenaP (9)

Rotkäppchen...Little Red Riding Hood...

Dank Bauz, der mal wieder fleißig in den Archiven herumgewühlt hat, kann der Aussenposten heute mit großem Stolz endlich auch die ursprüngliche Bebilderung zum Grimmschen Rotkäppchen präsentieren...

The Outpost proudly presents the original art work of the Grimm's brothers...Thanks to Bauz who did the archive digging...))

Danke Bauz, wir sind beeindruckt und begeistert!
Inspriration durch Nenes Foto, s.u.!