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I used to be in the RCAF, and once got posted waaaaaaay up north.
Once saw a polar bear waiting at a seals air hole. We didn't come back for better than 2 hours... and the bear was still there. We stopped to watch (from a VERY respectful distance) and after about 10 minutes the bear suddenly moved fast as lightning and hooked a seal with one paw and tossed it a good 5 or 6 feet in one swipe. It was on the seal in a split second... thing didn't have a chance.
Then a whole bunch of bears we hadn't even seen started gathering to try to convince their buddy to share. At that point it was back on the skidoos to practice the better part of valor.
But I'll never forget just how easily the bear dealt with an animal bigger than a full grown man with razor sharp teeth of its own.
They look cute... but the big white bears are really dangerous.
Ubergeek
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