Newsprint Nonpareil—Kleinen Eisbären

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[a] Kleine Eisbären SZ

Even one of the world's truly great newspapers cannot resist pictures of baby animals in springtime. Spring is the season for birth, growth, and muddy little Eisbärbabys (as the online article at the venerable Süddeutsche Zeitung calls them). Not muddy, you say? Just click the link. I am not a big fan of zoos, but I am an absolute sucker for baby polar bears.

Süddeutsche Zeitung: Eisbärbabys

My "study" of the little ones goes further. There is a very popular, and now several decades-old, set of books that detail the adventures of a wee polar bear cub called Lars. I have read the books since they first came out, and even have a few of them on my German Kindle. 

Der Kleine Eisbär

And it's hard to beat the video, even though I am (mostly) a "print" guy.

Süddeutsche Zeitung: Video

[b] Growing SZ