Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit called Knut’s death “Awful. We all held him so dearly.” Knut was only 4 years old. The cause of death is unknown with an autopsy still pending. Other polar bear cubs have since come along and Knut had faded in his worldwide celebrity as he aged and his cuteness waned. It happens to all of use, I suppose.

Some recent rumors have it that Knut will be stuffed and put on display. That’s okay, some of the best bears I know are stuffed.

Ah, not only did the bears appear, but also small stuffed furry bears in holiday clothes. I hesitate to say Christmas because we know how politically explosive that is. The cute little bear meant to attract the eyes of innocent children are reading miniature books titled “The Mouse Writer”. Now why would a bear be reading a mouse book. Could that be a connection to Disney’s famous mouse? Is he writing under a pseudonym? Is there a secret plot that connects Starbucks Coffee and mice, or a frozen animator in hybernation. Is it a message from a cryogenic freezer beyond the pale?

And now the mystery thickens, the plot deepens.  The Polar Bear cookies have disappeared. Where did they go? What are they planning? And why are stuffed bears selling Thanksgiving Blend Coffee? Could they be plotting some revenge with turkeys? And can polar bears do advanced math?

The bear had

Bearbuddys Volunteer for Space Travel

Astronomers have announced they believe they have found the “Goldilocks” Planet. That’s the long sought after planet that isn’t too hot and not too cold, not too dense, but dense enough for an atmosphere and just the right distance from its star to be in the “habitable zone,” so it can support liquid water and therfore some form of life. Though, there may not be enough to support forests and therefore bears. But Maybe. The Planet is called “Gliese 581g” located in the constellation of Libra. It’s one of 6 planets circling the Red Dwarf star Gliese 581.

The planet is a lot closer to its star than Earth is to our sun, and bigger than the Earth, but the planet stays with one side constantly facing the star so the Goldilock’s zone is in the middle temperate zone band between the light and dark side. Scientists supposedly figured all this out by reading the radio telescope signature of the star and how it wobbles. They can’t actually see the planet, but deduce its behavior based on the star’s gravitational wiggle factor.

Alfred feels the three bears always got the raw end of the deal in their case with that blond curly haired little housebreaker and thinks some investigation is in order before this mysterious radar wiggle is declared an official “Goldilocks” planet. In fact, the Bearbuddys here now bravely volunteer to be the first Bears in Space to go check it out.

Or watch the BearBuddys In Space Movie

BearBuddys With Prehistoric Friend

The BearBuddys recently took a trip to the La Brea Tar Pits and the Page Museum in Los Angels. They met up and palled around with one of their prehistoric bear relatives. He’s extinct, but they still had a good time.  The tar pits are still there, with replica of mastadons stuck in the tar along Wilshire Boulevard. Excavations of old bones stuck in the deep layers of tar are going on. The George C. Page Museum in the park where the tar pits are is filled with bones from the Ice Age (just like the animated movie) when animals would get trapped in the bubbly tar pits on the surface. More animals would attack them and they’d get stuck, too.

Prehistoric Lion Skeleton at Page Museum

Sabre Tooth tigers, pre-historic lions and wolves, giant ground sloths, Mastadons and Mammoth skeletons can all be found there. Very educational. Only one human has been found in the tar, and not many bears, but a whole bunch of wolves! I guess wolves are kinda dumb. Alfred and Leander even found some Sabre Tooth cat and Woolly Mammoth stuffed animal friends there in the store, along with books on prehistoric times.  La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum

Update: the bear was put down.