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Polar Bear Swims 200 miles only to be shot
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Just read elsewhere that it would have allegedly taken 24 hours to fly the necessary darts into Iceland, and they were concerned that the bear was on its way into fog-bound hills where they would have lost track of it.
Sorry I meant to include the link from the start:
The 24 hours to fly in tranquillisers has been hotly disputed. 1 hour is a more accurate estimate. From my impression it appears the Bear was not directly threatening people, and could easily have been monitored. Sounds like they just didn't want to try.
Polar bear shot dead after 200-mile siwm.
The 24 hours to fly in tranquillisers has been hotly disputed. 1 hour is a more accurate estimate. From my impression it appears the Bear was not directly threatening people, and could easily have been monitored. Sounds like they just didn't want to try.
Polar bear shot dead after 200-mile siwm.
But it's easier to just kill the bear, pose with the corpse in a photo, and dance around its bones.
Anthony Hopkins agrees.
Anthony Hopkins agrees.
They could have just got Bjork to sing to it for 20 minutes
It's a crap world we live in.
And yet people are saying polar bears are drowning because of melting icebergs...
Honestly, polar bears can swim for hundreds of miles. Their population is increasing and has been for 40 years. "Save the polar bears" is an emotional argument with no facts to back it up.
Sorry for this particular bear. However, i don't believe hunting them is legal anywhere.
Honestly, polar bears can swim for hundreds of miles. Their population is increasing and has been for 40 years. "Save the polar bears" is an emotional argument with no facts to back it up.
Sorry for this particular bear. However, i don't believe hunting them is legal anywhere.
Are they? Who are these people? I don't think respected scientists are. Sure, they're saying they're dying because of loss of habitat, but that's true and can be seen from the fact that there are less of them (and if you want a fact, their conservation category is VU).
Because shampoo has somewhat surprising side effects
And in the same line of thinking, "Did you know that 100% of people who use shampoo... die?!"
Polar bear, no natural predators, not afraid of man (or anything else for that matter), weighs 550lb, has 8" claws and 6" teeth....
...in a populated area?
Anyone see a problem here?
Sure it's cute and all, but cute gets tired very quickly when it's tearing your head off.
A shame they couldn't have sedated it, but it would have killed anyone it caught.
...in a populated area?
Anyone see a problem here?
Sure it's cute and all, but cute gets tired very quickly when it's tearing your head off.
A shame they couldn't have sedated it, but it would have killed anyone it caught.
And in the same line of thinking, "Did you know that 100% of people who use shampoo... die?!"
Well... the bad part of that was that it took me about a minute to figure that out.
Goody, I will never die.
I buzz my head to the scalp every 2 weeks, so I only need use bar soap.
Still dislike when this thread is resurrected.
Not a fan of this type of unnecessary killing.
I buzz my head to the scalp every 2 weeks, so I only need use bar soap.
Still dislike when this thread is resurrected.
Not a fan of this type of unnecessary killing.
Still dislike when this thread is resurrected.
I would much rather have this thread be resurrected than the bear. Zombie Polar bears with a vendetta are twice as dangerous as zombie sharks!