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Polar Bear Chomps German Zoo Visitor

She survives with serious injuries after entering enclosure

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 12, 2009 9:41 AM CDT

(Newser) – A woman survived a polar bear attack in a Berlin Zoo enclosure when keepers pulled her to safety after knocking the animal away, the Daily Telegraph reports. One of four bears in the enclosure attacked the woman in a moat after she entered—a feat that required jumping a fence, hedges, and a wall. She sustained serious injuries to her arms and legs; police didn't say why she'd entered the area.

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An empty box of a life belt is seen next to the polar bear enclosure at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Friday, April 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

Celebrity polar bear Knut is shown in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 17, 2009. He was in the enclosure when the woman was attacked but didn't bite her, the AP says. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

A screen capture from video of the attack. (CNN)

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