On a wing and a prayer! Brave seagull comes face-to-face with a polar bear

Daily Mail ^ | 25 December 2017 | Sophie Inge

[mairdie]

A seagull looks like it's about to fly straight into the face of a polar bear - who closed its eyes in anticipation of the crash.

Takayoshi Noda snapped the amazing scene where bird and bear come face to face, in Kaktovik village, on Barter Island, Alaska.

The seagull was just a couple of metres away when the polar bear closed its eyes in anticipation.

[mairdie]

[mairdie]

Mums make the best pillows - even for baby polar bears

[Ken H]

Wouldn’t you just like to walk up to that cub and give him a hug...

[mairdie]

Super-cute polar bear rejected by mother his mother is the new Knut

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Zoo crowds wowed by tragic polar bear’s sister who (whisper it) could be even cuter

Heartbreakingly, these images aren't postable, but THEY ARE THE BEST!!!! SO DO TAKE THE LINK!!!!

[mairdie]

Willie the polar bear takes the plunge with underwater basketball

[mairdie]

It's yoga bear! The polar cub who can't resist showing off her stretches

[CGASMIA68]

a long lens compresses distance so wouldn’t bet my life that the beak of the gull was dead center to the bears nose..still a good still

[mairdie]

Poignant moment polar bear cub is made to catch up as family make 35-mile trek in snowy sub-zero temperatures

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Luna the polar bear cub comes face-to-face with the camera





But the best pictures are AP so you'll have to take the link.

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Cute polar bear cub bites parent's tail... and is rewarded with a cuddle

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Polar bear beams with delight as she emerges from freezing Arctic water

[mairdie]

Animal Photography PING

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Cute pics, but then reality sets in:

[COBOL2Java]

Polar bear attacks woman who climbed into enclosure

[mairdie]

I’m a firm believer in avoiding reality whenever possible. That was really YUCK!

[Cold Heart]

Followed by a Woolite commercial

[FreedomPoster]

Exactly.

I saw a show once where a wildlife cameraman was in a steel cage out on the ice. A hungry polar bear showed up, and the guy took video while the bear just BASHED and BIT the cage, ENRAGED that it couldn’t get at the tasty morsel inside. Bit the cage until his gums around his big, sharp teeth were bleeding.

There’s a reason Alaska guides typically carry bush rifles with hard cast bullets in a caliber starting with a four. These people are not Bambi-ists, they have no illusions about how to best maintain their position at the top of the food chain.

[VeniVidiVici]

[Eagles6]

No. Most guides carry a .22 LR.

Shoot the nearest tourist in the knee then run like hell!