This is the moment a spectacled bear devours the tasty nibbles zookeepers attached to a very special Christmas tree.

Footage shows how the adorable male ursine approaches the spruce before tucking into the various fruit and veg laid out by keepers at Vienna Zoo in Austria.

The bear makes sure not a single slice of apples or sweet peppers remains. In the end, he slowly trots over the toppled tree and leaves.

Bettina Schragner, a keeper and bear expert at the zoo, said: 'We decided to erect a tree at their enclosure which we then decorated with different fruit and vegetables.

'We did so with the Christmas season in mind. The enclosure is inhabited by two brothers. They came to our zoo from Denmark last summer.

'One of the bears immediately bounced onto the tree. He ate with visible delight.

'He first devoured the 'carrot lametta' before eating all the other different fruits and vegetables.'

Vienna Zoo Director Stephan Hering-Hagenbeck added: 'Spectacled bears are omnivorous animals. Fruit and veg is the major part of their diet.

'Preparing this special kind of Christmas tree was our keepers' lovely idea.'

The zoo boss explained that the enclosure had only recently been redesigned and renovated.

Hering-Hagenbeck said: 'We set up numerous live trees to create an authentic environment for the spectacle bear brothers. You can see them climb a lot.'