Knut the Polar Bear’s death linked to brain swelling

Necropsy results show that Knut, the world’s most famous polar bear from the Berlin zoo, drowned when brain swelling caused him to collapse, zoo director Bernhard Blaszkiewitz said on Friday. “The cause of Knut’s death was viral infection, which led to brain inflammation,” he said. The nature of the infection, which severely damaged the animal’s […]