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2009-03-27 Great White North

Fruitcakes (April Fools?) Propose Life Vests For Polar Bears

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Posted by Anonymoose 2009-03-27 14:17|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 That a) Polar bear numbers are on the increace, b) Polar bears can _swim_, and c) Polar Bears will often swim great distances, not really in search of ice, but in search of PREY, seems to have escaped them.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-03-27 14:51|| 2009-03-27 14:51|| Front Page Top

#2 How nice! An impractical, meaningless gesture.

Posted by SteveS 2009-03-27 14:59|| 2009-03-27 14:59|| Front Page Top

#3 I'd like to see them try to put a life vest on a polar bear...

Posted by Spot 2009-03-27 15:19|| 2009-03-27 15:19|| Front Page Top

#4 How about we get em little speed boats and teach them how to drive them instead?
Makes about as much sense

Posted by tu3031 2009-03-27 15:30|| 2009-03-27 15:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Question: How far can Polar Bears swim?

Answer: They can swim for up yo 38 km without coming up for a breath.

While in the water they paddle with their front feet, and use the hind feet as rudders. They can swim at a speeds of 4-6 mph and paddle non-stop for 100 miles. Have been seen swimming several hundred miles from the nearest ice or land. While swimming, they keep their eyes open, their nostrils shut and their ears flattened to their heads. Polar bears can stay under up to 2 minutes. They are also capable of leaping out of the water 7'-8' feet from a swimming start. They have been seen catching seals that way.

Methinks the Guardian Environment Network is full of the, nhow you say, shit?

Posted by tu3031 2009-03-27 15:33|| 2009-03-27 15:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Speaking of which that Whale Meat steak did look tasty...

Posted by 3dc 2009-03-27 17:17|| 2009-03-27 17:17|| Front Page Top

#7 It was quite good, 3dc. My undying gratitude to Alaska Paul.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2009-03-27 18:59|| 2009-03-27 18:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Wonder no more, Amerika, its official - your Holiday fruity Fruitcakes are indeed good enuff to be used as life rafts/preservers, even for non-humans!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-03-27 19:32|| 2009-03-27 19:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Spot beat me too it but if they try I hope the video makes it too the net

Posted by rabid whitetail 2009-03-27 20:35|| 2009-03-27 20:35|| Front Page Top

#10 I'd pay good money to see them try to put a life vest on a polar bear, Spot. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-27 21:34|| 2009-03-27 21:34|| Front Page Top

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