Knut's sick!

by Brian A Kennedy | April 17, 2007 at 04:54 am

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The Berlin zoo's superstar polar bear cold has an infection and visiting hours have been cut short. The vets have put him on antibiotics, though, and he's expected to recover in no time at all.

Born at the zoo on Dec. 5, Knut - who was rejected by his mother and hand-raised by zookeepers - rose to fame last month thanks to television and newspaper pictures. So potent is his appeal that zoo attendance has roughly doubled to 15,000 on average daily since his debut, officials said. He has his own blog and TV show and appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair.

Veterinarian Schuele did not know if Knut would be strong enough for public appearances in the next days.

"We don't know yet - the little one is not a machine," he said.