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We can bearly contain our squees.  Polar bear Gerda plays with her cub in the Zoo in Novosibirsk, about 2,800 kilometers (1,750 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 7, 2014. Ilnar Salakhiev—AP  Polar bear cub plays with Polar bear mother Gerda in the Zoo in Novosibirsk, about 2,800 kilometers (1,750 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 7, 2014. Ilnar Salakhiev—AP  Polar bear Gerda plays with her cub in Zoo in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, about 2,800 kilometers (1,750 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 7, 2014. Ilnar Salakhiev—AP  Polar bear Gerda plays with her cub at the den in the Zoo in Novosibirsk, about 2,800 kilometers (1,750 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 7, 2014. Ilnar Salakhiev—AP  Polar bear Gerda with her cub emerges from the den in Zoo in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, Russia, Friday, March 7, 2014. 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