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Sep 27, 2007 8:30 am US/Eastern

Marty The Polar Bear Comes To Water's Edge Exhibit

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― It's a big day at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium where the Water's Edge Exhibit is expanding with the arrival of a new polar bear.

Marty the polar bear is making his debut today with his new roommates "Koda Rogers" and "Nuka McFeely."

Zoo officials say Marty is coming to the Water's Edge from the Toledo Zoological Gardens, where three cubs born over the past year have put the zoo over its polar bear capacity.

Officials add that Marty is a 1,100 pound male.

Also, the zoo says their elephant family it expanding as three new adult females are set to arrive soon from Philadelphia, and two females already at the zoo are expecting babies.

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