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Berlin zoo's new polar bear is the adorable ray of light we need

See if you can handle the cuteness.
By Marcus Gilmer  on 
Berlin zoo's new polar bear is the adorable ray of light we need
LOOK AT THIS ADORABLE POLAR BEAR CUB! Credit: picture alliance via Getty Image

As we struggle our way through the cold mud towards spring amidst a barrage of awful news, it's good to know that we can still find respite in the most reliable of places: adorable zoo animals.

This latest example comes in the debut of a new polar bear cub at Berlin's Tierpark Zoo. The three-month old cub is the offspring of mother Tonja and was born on December 1, 2018, but she just made her public debut on Friday.

AND JUST LOOK AT HER!

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The unnamed cub seems poised to become the latest zoo celebrity like Mashable Zoo Queen Fiona The Hippo and Berlin's other famous polar bear cub, Knut (RIP).

Keeper Florian Sicks told Reuters, “Tonja is a very good mother, taking incredibly good care of her cub, never letting her out of her sight. We can’t complain.”

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CAN THESE TWO BE ANY MORE ADORABLE? Credit: picture alliance via Getty Image

Tonja and the cub will stick around at Tierpark Zoo for the next two years before being moved to another zoo. The cub's father has already been moved to a zoo in the Netherlands.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.


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