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January 25, 2014 9:02 AM

Toronto Zoo's polar bear cub takes his first bath. Adorable video with some sad details in the audio. (SLYT)
posted by joannemerriam (10 comments total)

After 2 months, the cub is doing well.
posted by Daddy-O at 9:13 AM on January 25, 2014

More in the arctic aww category: a little seal.
posted by tickingclock at 9:47 AM on January 25, 2014

Is it the same one from this video?
posted by Sys Rq at 10:12 AM on January 25, 2014

(Here's the original video on the Toronto Zoo youtube channel, btw.)
posted by Sys Rq at 10:14 AM on January 25, 2014 [2 favorites]

Very cute. And then it rips the head off a baby seal and smears blood all over its face like a toddler with a chocolate ice cream cone.
posted by srboisvert at 10:25 AM on January 25, 2014 [1 favorite]

Spoiler: the sad bit is because the mom couldn't nurse her cub. If you are skipping because you are afraid the cub dies at the end, the cub does NOT die.
posted by Anonymous at 10:36 AM on January 25, 2014

That is not a Toronto accent.
posted by seawallrunner at 12:52 PM on January 25, 2014 [4 favorites]

schroedinger: thank you for the clarification.
posted by sutt at 2:37 PM on January 25, 2014

My friend, who is not on Metafilter (so he didn't see this), sent me a message earlier just saying "... baby polar bear." I responded with "taking the bath?" and he confirmed. This is indeed my life when people can make vague references to cute animal videos and I know exactly what they're talking about.
posted by darksong at 6:26 PM on January 25, 2014 [1 favorite]

And he was introduced to snow for the first time two weeks ago!
posted by Doktor Zed at 4:00 PM on February 1, 2014 [1 favorite]