Maybe it was over here...

So we have this new bear.  His name is Omri, and he's a sloth bear, which means that he has very unusual teeth and very large claws.  Sloth bears are awesome, and if you didn't already know that, you should go read about them on Wikipedia.

Omri is our new investigative specialist.  He's here to help Alfredo find things.  You know, car keys, pencils, missing important diplomatic documents, and so on.  If you're concerned that important diplomatic documents go missing often enough around here to warrant a trained specialist to be sent here, well, that's fairly normal for the Wild Republic.  It happens when you have a lot of deranged penguins and peppy puppies hanging around.  Not to mention the kittens.

In the interest of complete candour, I have to say that Omri's general method for investigation is not the most inspiring.  It seems to consist primarily of pacing back and forth, or occasionally in circles.  He's not particularly subtle about it - actually, it's something of a production.  We recently caught him on camera when he was trying to find Seleucus's personal stationery.

Is it over here?

No, maybe it's over here.

...No, maybe it's over here.

...No, maybe it's over here...

As you can see, Omri's investigative efforts tend to generate a sizable audience.  I should point out that it's not at all clear why the stationery should be by the radiator at all, but Omri was pretty devoted to the idea that it was.  

I will tell you what happened to Seleucus's stationary later.  (It has been found.)

Now, in Omri's defence, he's still very new to the investigation business.  He's only just completed his training; this is his first real posting, and he really wants to impress everyone, and as a result he hasn't got over his initial nerves.  Also, the training that they receive leaves something to be desired.  They hide something in one of two locations, so if it's not in one, it really is probably in the other.  Having more than two possibilities for missing objects is throwing Omri off his game.  He was really good when there were only two possible locations.

Apart from his occupational insecurities, Omri is still something of an enigma to us.  The other thing we've learned about him so far is that he's a trained dancing bear.  Laszlo, who is a world-class tap dancer, is over the moon at this revelation; we'll show you pictures of them together later.