4years of misunderstood Polar Bear

I think the polar bears are doomed.

yes, we can stop global warming (only a few trillion dollars is needed to combat it, we are already throwing money at detroit and wall street, arent we?).
yes, we can keep them in really cold places.

But apparently, japanese zookeepers have misunderstood the gender of a polar bear for 4years. thats 4 years of pushing GI Joe toys, give him toy guys and dressing the bear in cowboy attire and of course calling the bear "Tsuyoshi", a common name for boys.


http://www.newsweek.com/id/170898
(TOKYO) Puzzled Japanese zookeepers have cleared up a mystery over a lack of chemistry between a couple of polar bears as both turn out to be female, a Japanese zoo said Wednesday. Tsuyoshi, a four-year-old "male" polar bear, and his 11-year-old female partner, Kurumi, have been living together since June at the Kushiro Municipal Zoo in Hokkaido, northern Japan.


I wonder how the bear felt for 4years. it must be a tough struggle not to smack that one zookeeper who keep on putting candlelight, aromatic incenses and dressing up the other female 11yo bear (i assume they are quite sure she's a female) to attract Tsuyoshi.

u got to wonder what the japanese were thinking too when they match a 4yo "male" with a 11yo female. i mean think of the age gap. Tsuyoshi seems like a juvenile even for a bear. Or is it common in Japan?