The Daily Beast - Meet 'Luna' - Buffalo Zoo's Baby Polar Bear Cub

Meet the Buffalo Zoo's cutest attraction, a Polar Bear cub nick-named Luna because she was born on a full moon.  The Zoo will be holding a naming contest to let the community select her official name. 

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Luna, at 1 month.

 

The Buffalo Zoo is one of only two zoos in North America to have polar bear births this year. The cub was born on November 27th to mother Anana, sired by Nanuq, and has been hand raised by the Zoo’s veterinary technician and keeper staff.

 

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Luna at 2 months old.

Though the cub is currently too small to go on exhibit for the public, she will be visible on a closed-circuit television in the Zoo’s M&T Bank Rainforest Falls Monday through Friday from 12 p.m. until 3.p.m. The Zoo will also post regular updates to their website and Facebook page.

 

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Luna at 3 months old.

The Zoo hopes that seeing the cub will encourage the Western New York community to make their polar pledge to the campaign, so that they can build the Arctic Edge exhibit and keep the cub in Buffalo.

 

See video of Luna here.