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What A Relief: Knut Loves Beef More Than People

Berlin's zoo keepers may not be up for planning him a birthday party, but they will keep Knut from devouring anyone who jumps into his polar bear pen.

Knut had just been led into his outdoor enclosure by zoo keepers when a 37-year-old German leapt over a fence into a water-filled ditch to get a closer look. Before the polar bear could chomp his face off, workers whipped out a leg of beef and lured Knut back into his cage. (Zoos apparently have legs of beef just lying around!)

Why did the zoo-goer think a 440-pound bear would want to snuggle?

Police said that, before being let go, the man told them that he felt lonely and the bear appeared lonely, too.

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[Photo of Knut in kinder days: Scoobay]