Cute baby Knut.

Very Knute.

Super cute Knute.

Not so cute Knute anymore.   

So - now Kute is one year old and no longer so small and harmless. The media is hardly interested in him anymore and so are the kids.

Modern Media Cuteness doesn’t like the natural way: polar bears get bigger and more dangerous. So all the Knute merchandise will show him as a baby forever, even when he is an old fart and maybe has eaten his care taker …