People Magazine - Knut's First Birthday
Monday, December 24 2007Knut would probably have preferred a croissant. That's what the pampered polar bear at the Berlin zoo snacked on before his handlers put him on a diet earlier this year. But for his first-birthday celebration Dec. 5, zoo chefs whipped up a healthy- and evidently tasty- rice and vegetable "cake" topped with a single (wooden) candle, served on a bed of greens. "[The cake] lasted 15 minutes" says zoo director Bernhard Blaszkiewitz. (for more, please see attached PDF)