Polar Bear Attack

Esav Benyamin

Esav Benyamin

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Well, not exactly ... although it's more fun to speculate on the horrors of a giant carnivore's approach, this one wasn't so bad: Photographs show an encounter between a polar bear and some sled dogs.

Great pictures. I would have been on the other side of the moon right after I saw a bear like that show up. :eek: He did look like he was having fun, though, and the incident points up that carnivores kill to eat, not from viciousness.

How many times have we read about bear attacks? How many times have we read about bears quietly moving on and not bothering hikers or hunters, with the people blissfully unaware of their presence?
 
That's truly amazing! Looks a young bear.

But remember, never eat a polar bear's liver.
 
I personally would rather be near a grizzly than a polar bear, those things are huge! and there is less help on the tundra.
 
Funny thing is that story actually happens in one of my son's illustrated children's book.
 
My dad (not about 80) spends quite a bit of time in Alaska--way past Nome, gold prospecting.
Over the years, he's had lots of bear stories--some comical and benign. Others terrible.
There are a LOT of bear attacks on humans up there--especially among the eskimos. (Maimed eskimos periodically come through their camp on their way to emergency services.)
 
From what I have heard and read the polar bear is the only carnivore for which human is a perfectly normal part of the diet. Just about everything else only attacks people in self defence or if they are unable to hunt their normal prey for whatever reason. Polar bears though think we are just great. That being said they may well be the most beautiful animal on earth, in my opinion. Some of my most treasured memories are the times I have seen polar bears in the wild, I have some photos a freind of mine sent me of one swimming up to his ship and paddling along side for a while, looked like it wanted to come aboard.:)
 
As for the different types of bear it is often said that:
* Black bear will consider human as a threat
* Grizzly might consider human as a potential prey under certain circumstances
* Polar bear will consider human as a prey until proven wrong
 
foxyrick said:
But remember, never eat a polar bear's liver.
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Never let a polar bear eat your liver.

Keith_H said:
I personally would rather be near a grizzly than a polar bear
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Scientists recently determined that a strange bear found in the arctic was a cross-bred grizzly-polar bear. Evidently, this happens from time to time, because the polar bear is a recent offshoot of the grizzlies.

Grob said:
Some of my most treasured memories are the times I have seen polar bears in the wild, I have some photos a freind of mine sent me of one swimming up to his ship and paddling along side for a while, looked like it wanted to come aboard
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The Central Park Zoo has a large multi-level compound for 3 polar bears and it includes a large pool for them to swim in. One wall of the pool is transparent, and can be seen from a lower level. Watching a bear swim underwater is amazing! Their fur fluffs out and floats around them. I've gotten a few decent photographs.
 
Whatever happened to bear wrestling at carnivals? I always wanted to try my hand at that, but they don't seem to do it any more.
 
Awww, da cute wittle teddy bear...


Esav Benyamin said:
The Central Park Zoo has a large multi-level compound for 3 polar bears and it includes a large pool for them to swim in. One wall of the pool is transparent, and can be seen from a lower level.
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Not to mention the ground level plexi-glass wall where you can stand literally inches from the amazing beasts. Truly awe inspiring. And to think it's right in the middle of Manhattan. Sometimes (not often), I miss NY.
 
Central park zoo, but not my pic.
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Dang Esav, you've gone and made me a little homesick.
 
I keep getting this image of the Polar Bear's Mom yelling "I told you a million times, don't play with your food!". :D
 
Cute pics, but well... carnivores actually do kill for pleasure too. Housecats fed at home will kill birds for fun, wild dogs, lions, etc and most carnivores have been documented to kill and not eat the corpse. Not saying they're bad because of it... animals aren't sentient and therefore aren't subject to ideas of morality, but carnivorous animals have a base instinct that urges them to hunt, even if they don't need to.
 
Eric_425 said:
Cute pics, but well... carnivores actually do kill for pleasure too. Housecats fed at home will kill birds for fun, wild dogs, lions, etc and most carnivores have been documented to kill and not eat the corpse. Not saying they're bad because of it... animals aren't sentient and therefore aren't subject to ideas of morality, but carnivorous animals have a base instinct that urges them to hunt, even if they don't need to.
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It all adds spice to our lives, though once in a great while it can get a little too spicy! :D
 
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