9 polar bears observed on risky open ocean swims

www.physorg.com ^ | 08/21/2008 | By DAN JOLING

[Red Badger]

These are white bears. Black bears can’t swim................;^)

[Vision]

Silliest title(and thought) of the day award.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

LOL!

I think so.

The next phase in the story will be Inuit shooting polar bears that are rooting through their garbage.

Self defense.

[Red Badger]

On the 9th day of Gaea, my true love gave to me
9 bears a swimming......

[The Duke]

Of course those animal rights people never mention what a windfall this is for the killer whales!!!

[Sacajaweau]

Since the bears obvious;y started from shore...Where’s the problem? Do they just swim in a straight arrow like a bunch of dummies?? The bears know a lot more than “their followers”.

[BobS]

"They’d probably taste heavily of a fish-like meat"

That's fine. The butcher can sell me a 1 inch x 10 inch steak. I am adaptible. I like fish. So I will have fish and meat in one big steak. I think I need the knowledge of Racheal Ray on the Food Channel to tell me how to do this.

[Abathar]

I had black bear once when I was younger, swore I would never eat that again unless it was life or death.

I don’t think any predator mammal would taste good now that i think about it.

[Red Badger]

With enough garlic, anything will taste good, eventually.....

[Red Badger]

Rachel Ray: Marinate for 8 hours in EVOO.............

[Abathar]

I agree with that whole-heartily, my life as I know it would end without garlic.

[subterfuge]

I want to taste Alaskan bear steaks BBQ’d.

I'll have the Endangered Species Kabob and a Bigfoot steak grilled over Moon Rocks please.

[BobS]

"The next phase in the story will be Inuit shooting polar bears that are rooting through their garbage."

Why not? You cant't have bears looting garbage cans for food like bums. And scaring other animals away. How about sending them to Russia? Those wolf packs do not want contact with bears at all.

[Teacher317]

With absolutely ZERO reference offered to show whether this is more, less, or about normal numbers for polar bear ocean swim sightings, this aritcle is utter tripe.

[GSWarrior]

This is just one more example of mankind’s inhumanity to bears.

[palomonte]

this thread is unbearable.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Mogollon]

What warming conditions??

[TheMole]

Nine polar bears were observed in one day swimming in open ocean off Alaska's northwest coast, an increase from previous surveys ...

That's because there are lots and lots of polar bears. I remember reading a story about oil drilling in the Beaufort Sea by the Canadian oil company Dome Petroleum in the 1970s. A polar bear swam to a drilling platform that was an artificial island 45 miles from the nearest land. He found a gallon container of motor oil that had been left outside, drank the contents, and swam away again.

[BerryDingle]