Denver Zoo Polar Bear Has New Twins
           DENVER (AP) _ Ulu, a polar bear at the Denver Zoo who gave
birth
 to two cubs and promptly abandoned them four years ago, might have
 changed her attitude toward motherhood.
           She has again given birth to two cubs, but this time she
seems
 to be mothering them, zoo officials said Tuesday.
           Her cubs Klondike and Snow, born in November 1994, survived
 after zookeepers took up parenting tasks. The cubs, who weighed
 less than 1{ pounds at birth, were bottle-fed every four hours on a
 mixture of distilled water, half and half, safflower oil and
 vitamins.
           They were first polar bears born at the Denver Zoo since 1977

 and became local celebrities. Animal lovers lined up to watch them
 cavort in their quarters and bought T-shirts and coffee mugs
 bearing their names and pictures.
           They now live at Sea World in Orlando, Fla.
           Dr. David Kenny, a zoo biologist who helped rear Klondike and

 Snow, said the next few days will reveal whether Ulu will abandon
 her new cubs, who were born Monday and are as yet unnamed.
           ``Mom can always do a better job than us,'' Kenny said.
           The zoo is watching closely and has incubators ready in case
Ulu
 leaves the new cubs.


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