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The Local's top five animal stories of 2011
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The Local's top five animal stories of 2011

Animals are always amusing, with their funny wet noses and their general gullibility, and no-one loves animal celebrities as much as the Germans, so we collected the year's big animal stories. What was that bear called again?
Heidi the cross-eyed opossum dead at three
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Heidi the cross-eyed opossum dead at three

Heidi, a cross-eyed opossum who became an internet and real-life sensation in Germany, winning three times more Facebook admirers than Chancellor Angela Merkel, died on Wednesday, Leipzig Zoo said.