When it came to toys, Inuka had a keen sense of what it wanted - out went the fancy customised items the zoo would import for it, in came everyday objects like rubbish bins and tyres.
Of course, being the first polar bear born in the tropics meant there would be a few quirks, as its zookeeper Mohan Ponichamy noted in an interview with The Straits Times last Thursday.
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