Knut the polar bear in Germany

When Knut was still young.





Knut has grown up.

Keeper Thomas Doerflein, right, plays with polar bear cup Knut in his outdoor enclosure in the Berlin Zoo, Thursday, July 5, 2007. According to the Zoo, Ilja and Vincent Arends from Rotterdam in the Netherlands were the 1 million visitor since Knut was presented to the public in March of 2007. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns)

The zoo, which had 2.3 million visitors last year, says it expects an additional 500,000 this year due to mild weather and the cute bear cub, by now a fixture in German newspapers and television.

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