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Zoo Braces for Snowflake Mania

City updates transport, stores stock up in wake of bear fever

By Emily Thompson, Newser User

Posted Jan 31, 2008 3:21 PM CST

(Newser) – Polar celebrity Snowflake will meet her adoring public as early as late March, and Nuremberg zoo staff predict a blizzard of attention surrounding its most popular bundle of fur. Annual visitors are expected to jump from 250,000 to 1.3 million, reports Der Spiegel,... Read full story »

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