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.

Wormfood · 12-24-2004, 03:53 PM

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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?

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

jinx · 12-27-2004, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

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

I'm surprised they didn't put a few glass bottles of Coke out there for them....

xoxoxoBruce · 12-27-2004, 11:59 PM

This bear from a Chinese Zoo looks a little yellow......and hungry for fish.

garnet · 01-04-2005, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

This bear from a Chinese Zoo looks a little yellow......and hungry for fish.

That bear definitely does not look well. And that guy holding up the fish should hand it over already to the poor fellow.

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Originally Posted by CharlieG

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

I believe that's a joke about some sort of mathematical or physics theory, no? Nobody gets it, dude.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-04-2005, 10:28 PM

THREADJACK

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Mushrooms: the evil fungus

You might be right, Garnet.

dar512 · 01-04-2005, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by garnet

I believe that's a joke about some sort of mathematical or physics theory, no? Nobody gets it, dude.

Not true. I thought it was very funny.

wolf · 01-04-2005, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by garnet

I believe that's a joke about some sort of mathematical or physics theory, no? Nobody gets it, dude.

I thought it was hilarious. It seems that it is just you.

CharlieG · 01-05-2005, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by garnet

...snip...
I believe that's a joke about some sort of mathematical or physics theory, no? Nobody gets it, dude.

Not a theory - just math - any time you plot something on a grid, it can be refered to in 2 ways...

X and Y - which is what most people thing of - That's called "Cartesian coordinates"

OR

an angle, and the distance from 0 - called a Polar Coordinates

Now you can fairly easily convert from one to the other, and converting from one to the other is called a "Transform" - hence you can convert Polar to Cartesian, or Cartesian to Polar any time you want - same thing, different way of talking about it

Call it a high brow math joke

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?

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	#5
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	#6
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

12-27-2004, 11:59 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	This bear from a Chinese Zoo looks a little yellow......and hungry for fish. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 05:58 PM.

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.

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elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Reflection of light off the hairs

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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?

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