Diving polar bear at Alaska Zoo gains attention ahead of Paris Olympics [Video]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Kova the polar bear is getting into the Olympic spirit as the Paris games are set to kick off.

The popular polar bear at the Alaska Zoo was recently captured on video by zoo staff seemingly executing a dive into the enclosure’s pool, although the splash into the water ended up more of a belly flop than a dive, but who’s judging?

Katie Larson, the zoo’s grants and communications manager, handles the zoo’s social media pages and said an employee named Ron who works in the facilities department took the 11-second video that has gone viral on the zoo’s TikTok page, racking up over 52,000 likes and 1,100 comments.

Larson said Kova, a three-year-old bear who arrived at the Alaska Zoo in 2022, has been a great companion to the zoo’s other polar bear, Cranbeary, who has been at the zoo for many of her 22 years of life.

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