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BERLIN — Berlin's favorite polar bear Knut has a new companion: Giovanna, a female polar bear from Munich.
Fans hoping for a romantic relationship will be disappointed — Giovanna was not brought to Berlin to mate with Knut. The Munich zoo is renovating its bear enclosure and the young Giovanna needed a temporary home.
Berlin zoo director Bernhard Blaszkiewitz said he hoped that "Knut will like his friend and that Giovanna will also be interested in Knut."
In a statement Tuesday he noted the two-year-old bears are not yet sexually mature.
Knut was hand-raised after his mother rejected him at birth. He rose to stardom in 2007 as a cute white ball of fluff, but has since grown into a hulking predator.
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