Skandinavisk Dyrepark


Skandinavisk Dyrepark is a Danish zoo in Djursland, located in Syddjurs Municipality in Denmark.
Opened for public in 1994, by the name Hjortenes verden, later changed to Skandinavisk Dyrepark. As suggested by its name, the focus of the park is wildlife native to Scandinavia.
at the park
The exhibits for polar bears, brown bears and grey wolves cover, and respectively, and are among the largest of their kind in the world. The zoo got worldwide attention by the birth of the polar bear Siku in 2011.

Siku

is a male polar bear cub. He has several siblings such as Sné. After his mother failed to produce enough milk to feed him, he was taken into care by the park staff.
In terms of popular appeal, Siku is by some considered to be a possible successor to the polar bear Knut, who attracted worldwide attention at Berlin Zoo from 2006 until his death in 2011. A YouTube video showing Siku at the age of one month attracted hundreds of thousands of hits in just twenty-four hours and he was hailed internationally as an online sensation, especially after appearing on the official BBC website.