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A Polar Palace

New bear helps fill Kansas City Zoo’s newest habitat

Posted: March 15, 2013 at 4:21 a.m.

Guests at the Kansas City Zoo take photos of Nikita, a 23-year-old polar bear, in her newly constructed home. A second polar bear, 6-year-old Berlin, was recently introduced into the same multi-million dollar polar bear enclosure.

It wasn’t exactly love at first sight for Nikita and Berlin.

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