The Nuremberg Zoo’s highly
popular baby polar bear got herself a name. Finally. After receiving almost
50,000 name suggestions from different animal lovers and children, the
Nuremberg Zoo’s officials eventually decided to call their 6.5-pound (3-kilogram)
baby polar bear Flocke, which means (snow)flake in English. No surprise at...
Nuremberg city and zoo
officials on Tuesday introduced Germany’s
latest polar bear cub, Flocke, to an anxious public, the Associated Press
reports. The fluffy white polar bear, whose name means “snowflake” managed to
capture people’s hearts.
“Not only Nuremberg, but the
whole world has been in Flocke fever,”...
A female polar bear cub that has become Germany's latest animal
attraction has been named Flocke, or "flake" as in snow flake,
officials in the southern city of Nuremberg Friday.
Nearly 30,000 suggestions poured in to the town hall during a
week-long competition to find a name for the tiny animal, now around
five weeks...
Prenatal Down’s Syndrome Tests: Safer in the U.S.
U. S. researchers stated on Monday that a safer prenatal blood test can be made by pregnant women to see whether their unborn child has Down’s syndrome. The test is...