12/24/2004: Happy polar bear Xmas

Undertoad · 12-24-2004, 10:45 AM

Ah, more gingerbread.

Charly, a 1,150 pound polar bear at SeaWorld San Diego's Wild Arctic attraction, gives a few delicate licks to a gingerbread man before devouring the tasty treat Wednesday Dec. 15, 2004. Wild Arctic keepers often leave fruit, cream cheese and other treats for the polar bears. In keeping with the holiday season, the bears are enjoying a number of extravagances, including a live Christmas tree, snowman, gift boxes and stockings made of bread.

wolf · 12-24-2004, 10:49 AM

More bread art too. Nice. I bet the stockings are a lot cooler looking than the bed.

elSicomoro · 12-24-2004, 10:55 AM

Cliff Clavin moment of the day: Polar bears do not have white fur--their hair is translucent.

zippyt · 12-24-2004, 10:59 AM

When does the fight start with Sierra ???
"EWWWW!!!!!!!! Mom, Charly's licking MY ginger breadman !!!!!!"

wolf · 12-24-2004, 11:03 AM

I love how even those whose job it is to educate us about animals and their habits insist on anthropomorphizing them.

I don't know if I spelled that right, and I'm not even going to bother checking. :p

Wormfood · 12-24-2004, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycamore

Cliff Clavin moment of the day: Polar bears do not have white fur--their hair is translucent.

And their skin is black... so why does my eye see white?
..some kind of Jacko effect?

elSicomoro · 12-24-2004, 04:48 PM

Reflection of light off the hairs

dasviper · 12-24-2004, 11:18 PM

What's the difference between white fur and translucent hair which reflects white light?

wolf · 12-25-2004, 12:40 AM

I think that's just splitting hairs.

(You're just jealous you didn't think of it first.)

elSicomoro · 12-25-2004, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dasviper

What's the difference between white fur and translucent hair which reflects white light?

White fur is just that--white. Translucent is clear (has no color).

capnhowdy · 12-25-2004, 08:16 AM

It looks like Charly might have had to travel through some of Frank Zappa's yellow snow.

dasviper · 12-25-2004, 10:20 AM

But isn't the definition of color light reflectance? And so if the bear looks white because its fur reflects white light, how is the fur not white?

ladysycamore · 12-25-2004, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dasviper

But isn't the definition of color light reflectance? And so if the bear looks white because its fur reflects white light, how is the fur not white?

Check this out:
http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/facts3.php

Scroll down to "Polar Bear Fur".

Wormfood · 12-25-2004, 02:59 PM

Oboy... I think I started an avalanche about this poor bears color-physics.
Ok,ok.. I already knew how it work. Can we all start eat those gingerthings
now.

btw Merry Christmas

CharlieG · 12-27-2004, 08:25 AM

That's not a polar bear - it's a Cartesian bear after a coordinate transform

12-24-2004, 10:45 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	12/24/2004: Happy polar bear Xmas Ah, more gingerbread. Charly, a 1,150 pound polar bear at SeaWorld San Diego's Wild Arctic attraction, gives a few delicate licks to a gingerbread man before devouring the tasty treat Wednesday Dec. 15, 2004. Wild Arctic keepers often leave fruit, cream cheese and other treats for the polar bears. In keeping with the holiday season, the bears are enjoying a number of extravagances, including a live Christmas tree, snowman, gift boxes and stockings made of bread.

12-24-2004, 10:49 AM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	More bread art too. Nice. I bet the stockings are a lot cooler looking than the bed. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-24-2004, 10:59 AM	#4
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	When does the fight start with Sierra ??? "EWWWW!!!!!!!! Mom, Charly's licking MY ginger breadman !!!!!!" __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-24-2004, 11:03 AM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I love how even those whose job it is to educate us about animals and their habits insist on anthropomorphizing them. I don't know if I spelled that right, and I'm not even going to bother checking. :p __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-25-2004, 12:40 AM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I think that's just splitting hairs. (You're just jealous you didn't think of it first.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-24-2004, 10:55 AM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Cliff Clavin moment of the day: Polar bears do not have white fur--their hair is translucent.

12-24-2004, 04:48 PM	#7
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Reflection of light off the hairs

12-24-2004, 11:18 PM	#8
dasviper Belt Conveyor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Hanover, NH, USA Posts: 67	What's the difference between white fur and translucent hair which reflects white light?

12-25-2004, 08:16 AM	#11
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	It looks like Charly might have had to travel through some of Frank Zappa's yellow snow. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please. Last edited by capnhowdy; 12-25-2004 at 08:19 AM. Reason: misspelled Charly's name. Imagine that.

12-25-2004, 10:20 AM	#12
dasviper Belt Conveyor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Hanover, NH, USA Posts: 67	But isn't the definition of color light reflectance? And so if the bear looks white because its fur reflects white light, how is the fur not white?

12-25-2004, 02:59 PM	#14
Wormfood Superior Inhabitant Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 73	Oboy... I think I started an avalanche about this poor bears color-physics. Ok,ok.. I already knew how it work. Can we all start eat those gingerthings now. btw Merry Christmas

12-27-2004, 08:25 AM	#15
CharlieG Hoodoo Guru Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 301	That's not a polar bear - it's a Cartesian bear after a coordinate transform

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