Flocke to have a brother or sister?

Above see Vera protecting her den

The news from Germany seems solid; Flocke's wayward mother Vera seems to be pregnant.

The br blog (in translation) says:

Believing in a pregnancy

Quite a wave of information!

And here are the first facts:

The zoo strongly believes in Vera’s pregnancy: Probably the female bear is building a nest for a possible offspring. Theoretically she could also be preparing her cave for the winter for herself. But the zoo doesn’t believe it:

“We are quite sure”, this is Helmut Maegefraus standard answer.

The polar bear lady’s well being is the absolute priority at this moment:

As it has already been reported, the zoo closed the observation deck in front of Vera’s enclosure for the public to provide her calm and privacy for the expected birth. Helmut Maegdefrau is neither able nor willing to predict the date of birth. It seems that polar bears are able to control the date of birth. It is not possible to draw conclusions for the birthday from the rendezvous with Felix last April.Usually, polar bears are born between the beginning of November until the beginning of February.

Should Vera not have given birth until February 15th, she was probably not pregnant.To grant Vera the necessary calm the zoo will not inform the general public about the day X.

“We have to wait how the visitors will react and above all, how Vera will react” the zoo deputy explains.