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2005-09-17 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by anonymous5089 2005-09-17 07:26|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Anchorage zoo is best known for, of all things, a polar bear. Twice now, drunks have snuck into the polar bear's compound to fight the bear. The first one bopped the bear on the nose with his fist, so the bear whapped him with a paw, sending him flying backwards 25 feet into a wall. He sobered up quick.

The second drunk realized his mistake early, and in trying to get back out, lost a tennis shoe. A photograph of the bear gnawing on a Nike soon graced t-shirts all over town, captioned "bear: 2, drunks: 0"

I visited early in the morning, about 10:30am, and heard a beautiful wolf pack group howl. I just had to see the wolves, so I walked to where I heard the pack, only to find a single wolf, who was recuperating from some leg injury.

"Where are the wolves?", I asked a zoo employee, who replied, "Oh, those aren't *our* wolves. They just hang out outside the fence over there."

I recommend visiting Anchorage the first week in July. It is a paradise, with weather in the 70's, about 20 hours of sunlight a day (what a trip!), greenery, animals and brilliantly-colored flowers everywhere. There is a direct flight from Phoenix, of all places. Prices are ordinary, except there are few gas stations, convenience stores, or even grocery stores.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-17 17:38|| 2005-09-17 17:38|| Front Page Top

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