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Skandinavisk Dyrepark (Scandinavian Wildlife Park) is a Danish zoo in Djursland, located in 
The exhibits for
"Baby Polar Bear "siku" Orphaned After Mother Fails To Produce Enough Milk"
''The Huffington Post''. (23 December 2011.) Accessed 24 December 2011.
In terms of popular appeal, Siku is by some considered to be a possible successor to the polar bear Knut, who attracted worldwide attention at
the equivalent Danish-language wikipedia article.
Retrieved on 8 December 2014. Some of the following references are cited by that Danish-language article:
Syddjurs Municipality
Syddjurs municipality is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland in Denmark just north of Aarhus and is a part of the Aarhus area. It covers an area of 696.7 km² and has a population of 41,671 (1 April 2014).
On 1 Janua ...
in Denmark.
Opened for public in 1994, by the name ''Hjortenes verden'' (''World of deer''), later changed to Skandinavisk Dyrepark (Scandinavian Wildlife Park). As suggested by its name, the focus of the park is wildlife native to Scandinavia.
The exhibits for polar bear
The polar bear (''Ursus maritimus'') is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the largest extant bear specie ...
s, brown bears and grey wolves cover , and respectively, and are among the largest of their kind in the world. The zoo got worldwide attention by the birth of the polar bear Siku in 2011.
Siku
Siku (born 22 November 2011 in Skandinavisk Dyrepark) is a malepolar bear
The polar bear (''Ursus maritimus'') is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the largest extant bear specie ...
cub. He has several siblings such as Sné. After his mother failed to produce enough milk to feed him, he was taken into care by the park staff.''The Huffington Post''. (23 December 2011.) Accessed 24 December 2011.
Berlin Zoo
The Berlin Zoological Garden (german: link=no, Zoologischer Garten Berlin) is the oldest surviving and best-known zoo in Germany. Opened in 1844, it covers and is located in Berlin's Tiergarten. With about 1,380 different species and over 20,2 ...
from 2006 until his death in 2011. A YouTube video showing Siku at the age of one month attracted hundreds of thousands of hits in just twenty-four hours and he was hailed internationally as an online sensation, especially after appearing on the official BBC website.
References
*Much of the content of this article comes frothe equivalent Danish-language wikipedia article.
Retrieved on 8 December 2014. Some of the following references are cited by that Danish-language article:
External links
* Zoos in Denmark Buildings and structures in Syddjurs Municipality {{zoo-stub