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Algae-dyed polar bears puzzle Japan zoo visitors
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| September 7, 2008
| Associated Press
Posted on 09/07/2008 6:12:09 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Green-colored polar bears are drawing questions from puzzled visitors at a Japanese zoo.
Three normally white polar bears at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in central Japan changed their color in July after swimming in a pond with an overgrowth of algae.
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High temperatures in July and August and less-frequent water changes because of the zoo's conservation efforts caused an algae growth in the bear pond and safety moat, Kurobe said.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: algae; environment; environmentalism; japanzoo; polarbears; water
Emphasis mine.
To: 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ALlRightAllTheTime; ...
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:13:28 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Drill Here! Drill Now! Pay Less! Sign the petition at http://www.americansolutions.com/)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:13:57 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Drill Here! Drill Now! Pay Less! Sign the petition at http://www.americansolutions.com/)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
algore-approved green bears.
Low emissions and light carbon footprint.
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:22:57 PM PDT
by
library user
(What say you, Messiah?)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:36:58 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: metmom
Are you sure this photo wasn’t taken in the Arctic where global warming has melted the ice cap and the polar bears have been rolling around in the fresh green grass?
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Can the green polar bears photosynthesize CO2 to cure global warming on their own?
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:41:50 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Whale oil: the renewable biofuel for the 21st century.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Clearly, the bear is evolving his way out of the mess we (humans) have put him in.
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posted on
09/07/2008 7:00:58 PM PDT
by
killermosquito
(Buffalo (and eventually France) is what you get when liberalism runs its course.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
W00t! Polar bears that produce biodiesel.”
To: BlazingArizona
That’s no polar bear; it’s Al Gore!
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