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February 18, 2013
Knut's real fur used for new museum statue
Published: 12 Feb 13 14:52 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20130212-47923.html
A furry homage or creepy exploitation? Nearly two years after the death of Berlin's favourite polar bear Knut, the city's natural history museum is using his pelt for a new exhibit.
- Knut the polar bear back at Berlin Zoo - in bronze - National (24 Oct 12)
- Polar bear Knut's body on ice four months later - Society (26 Jul 11)
- Knut fans protest his stuffing - National (3 Apr 11)
But the bear that captured the hearts of millions after he was raised by hand as tiny cub remains immensely popular in Germany, encouraging the museum to create a full-sized Knut model covered in his own pelt.
"It's important to make clear we haven't had Knut stuffed," museum spokeswoman Gesine Steiner told the daily newspaper Bild on Tuesday. "It's an artistically valuable sculpture with the original fur."
The new Knut will only be shown for four weeks starting this Saturday.
"We are creating an extra entrance into the museum solely for Knut visitors," Steiner said.
The sculpture will then disappear into the museum's archives until 2014, when it will be wheeled out for an exhibition on climate change and protecting the environment.
But Knut's fans creeped out by seeing him skinned can instead head to the Berlin Zoo, which unveiled a cute bronze memorial to him in October 2012.
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Lol. chill out people. You would have preferred it incinerated, buried? At least with this they might be able to hustle a few more Euros out of the deal. I heard a rumor you still could use some of those.
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