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Bear stops playing with baseball bat

October 26th, 2008 by James


A bear that drew visitors with his bat-twirling antics has mysteriously stopped playing with his bat, much to the dismay of zookeepers:

Cloud, who resides at the Asa Zoological Park in Asa-Kita Ward here, was last seen twirling on Sept. 27.

Nicknamed the Kung-fu Bear, Cloud started spinning poles in 2003. By March this year, he would spin about 15 times a day for up to 15 minutes at a time. But by September, he was spinning just once or twice a day.



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8 Comments »

Comment by andrew
2008-10-26 10:57:39

Oh no! If animals aren’t doing something kawaii they are totally useless. Back to the little cage for you.

 
Comment by Bob
2008-10-26 21:40:56

Bear stops playing with baseball bat…

…and gets serious!

 
Comment by Rob A
2008-10-27 06:04:33

Ninjabear gets bored! Ya know, after a long time doing this maybe he just got bored of the same old crap?

 
Comment by Tadashi
2008-10-27 09:53:21

Give him some golf clubs!

 
Comment by DKO
2008-10-27 11:25:42

My guess is that he hit himself in the face enough times to finally learned to stop twirling things near his face.

 
Comment by phauna
2008-10-27 14:33:12

Golf clubs? Give him some nunchucks.

 
Comment by Jeshii
2008-10-27 22:22:31

I missed it! Damn you kung-fu bear!!!

 
Comment by Mark
2008-10-28 21:00:16

Stops, starts. I saw this on the news. At first I thought the news would be that the bear had bashed a visitor. Because the bear freaked out in the tiny space. Animals in zoos in Japan are treated so poorly.

 
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