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Old 08-06-2009, 11:12 PM   #1
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Aug 7, 2009: Whale of a Meal

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Having a whale of a time: The amazing moment a polar bear feasts on the blubbery remains of a dead orca.
That's not an Orca. But anyway, the bear is willing to share with the Gulls, but I wonder what would happen if another bear arrived?



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The polar bear is an enormously powerful predator, able to kill an adult walrus, although it rarely attempts to as a walrus can be more than twice the bear's weight. The whales are of similar size to the walrus and nearly as difficult for the bear to subdue. Most terrestrial animals in the Arctic can outrun the polar bear on land as polar bears overheat quickly, and most marine animals the bear encounters can outswim it.
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Old 08-06-2009, 11:17 PM   #2
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I have seen footage of polar bears killing whales, I think orcas.

The whales were trapped under an ice floe with only a small hole to come up and breathe through. A couple of bears lurked at the top and as a whale came up, jumped in a mauled it. The whales had no choice but to keep coming there for air. Eventually one was killed, then the bears dragged it up on the ice. It weighed 8 to ten times what a bear weighs.

... and yet, I still want to hug a polar bear.
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Old 08-06-2009, 11:32 PM   #3
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Those are Belugas.
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Old 08-07-2009, 12:07 AM   #4
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[scratches head] yep, I think that was it.

"Worlds most powerful predators" or some such schlockumentary. I watched it, tho.
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Old 08-07-2009, 01:13 AM   #5
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Technically, it should be called an Arctic Bear.
Because they are only present in the Northern hemisphere.
Funnily enough, whales are towards the top of the food chain in the Antarctic, scoffing up the pengions, nom nom nom.

Even without old Teddy, I agree there is something so appealing about bears.
I trust them more than monkeys anyway.
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Old 08-07-2009, 07:06 AM   #6
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I wonder if there are any BIPOLAR bears?
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Old 08-07-2009, 07:14 AM   #7
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I wonder if there are any BIPOLAR bears?
yes - I call them co-workers. . .
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Old 08-07-2009, 07:16 AM   #8
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I wonder if there are any BIPOLAR bears?
And if there ARE Bi Polar bears, are there gay polar bears as well?
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Old 08-07-2009, 07:50 AM   #9
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I thought all bears were gay?
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Old 08-07-2009, 08:26 AM   #10
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I've read that all polar bears are left handed.
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Old 08-07-2009, 08:29 AM   #11
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They are! Thats why he's eating whale blubber
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Old 08-07-2009, 08:53 AM   #12
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And if there ARE Bi Polar bears, are there gay polar bears as well?
They must be happy sometimes.
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Old 08-07-2009, 08:53 AM   #13
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I've read that all polar bears are left handed.
That comes from living near the north pole and the rotation of the earth.
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I've read that all polar bears are left handed.
Does that mean the right-handed bears would be polar opposites?
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Does that mean the right-handed bears would be polar opposites?
Positively.
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