Polar bears besiege Russian scientitsts.

Oberon · 09-06-15, 10:27 PM

I'm with that, they are quite magnificent beasts, no doubt about it. Pity that the decline in their habitat is going to force them to encroach further into human occupied regions, thus bringing them into conflict with us.

Aktungbby · 09-06-15, 11:04 PM

Worse yet! the habitat deprivation has compelled some perfectly white polar bears to fulfill their...Mandingo fantasies...in the 'heat of the moment'...so to speak!!

"a bear that was part-grizzly, part-polar bear, roaming the land where tundra meets sea ice? People called it the grolar bear, I was told, or sometimes the pizzly bear.

Pizzly bear? I thought at the time. Come on.
But the hybrid is very real. (Although, clearly, “grolar bear” is the superior choice of name.) And if some scientists’ predictions are correct, it could be just one of a whole host of potential hybrid mammal species to emerge from the Arctic as it continues to warm." If the bear species can get along...why can't we! http://www.psmag.com/nature-and-technology/the-grolar-bear-is-just-the-first-of-many-inter-species-hybrids-coming-to-the-arctic FYI 4 ignorant subsimmers: Very small chunks of floating ice that rise only about 1 meter / 3 feet out of the water are called "growlers". When trapped air escapes as the iceberg melts, it sometimes makes a sound like the growl of an animal, and that's how growlers got their name.

Oberon · 09-06-15, 11:14 PM

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"If bear species can get along, why can't we?"

Question of the millennia right there.

Commander Wallace · 09-07-15, 06:45 AM

Why not simply tranquilize the bears and relocate them ? It's not their fault their habitat is being taken away.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...island-n422771

Trapped Polar Bear Saved From Fishing Net on Alaskan Island

by Shamar Walters

U.S. scientists and local residents joined forces to free a 1,000-pound polar bear trapped in fishing net on a remote Arctic island on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The adult male was tangled up in the net on a barrier island off the coast of Alaska when the USGS and biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service came to the rescue.
The USGS said the operation began with biologists tranquilizing the polar bear by "darting it" from a helicopter. That's when locals from the nearby community of Kaktovik provided critical support.
"Local residents, using boats, kept the bear from drowning while the tranquilizers took effect," the USGS said on Facebook.
"Once the bear was sedated, the biologists worked to quickly untangle the bear from the net and, after determining it appeared uninjured from its ordeal, released it back into the wild.

"A great effort by all to keep this magnificent animal in the wild."

Oberon · 09-07-15, 11:24 AM

Elsewhere, sadder news prevails:
https://instagram.com/p/7TRP7WlsKm/

ikalugin · 09-07-15, 11:57 AM

Well atleast polar bears are not as hunted as their brown kind is.

Jimbuna · 09-07-15, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Elsewhere, sadder news prevails:
https://instagram.com/p/7TRP7WlsKm/

Awful

09-06-15, 11:04 PM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,106 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Ursine amore BBY:Talk about a grolar on a 'growler' here! Worse yet! the habitat deprivation has compelled some perfectly white polar bears to fulfill their...Mandingo fantasies...in the 'heat of the moment'...so to speak!! "a bear that was part-grizzly, part-polar bear, roaming the land where tundra meets sea ice? People called it the grolar bear, I was told, or sometimes the pizzly bear. Pizzly bear? I thought at the time. Come on. But the hybrid is very real. (Although, clearly, “grolar bear” is the superior choice of name.) And if some scientists’ predictions are correct, it could be just one of a whole host of potential hybrid mammal species to emerge from the Arctic as it continues to warm." If the bear species can get along...why can't we! http://www.psmag.com/nature-and-technology/the-grolar-bear-is-just-the-first-of-many-inter-species-hybrids-coming-to-the-arctic FYI 4 ignorant subsimmers: Very small chunks of floating ice that rise only about 1 meter / 3 feet out of the water are called "growlers". When trapped air escapes as the iceberg melts, it sometimes makes a sound like the growl of an animal, and that's how growlers got their name. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

09-07-15, 06:45 AM	#4
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,325 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Why not simply tranquilize the bears and relocate them ? It's not their fault their habitat is being taken away. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...island-n422771 Trapped Polar Bear Saved From Fishing Net on Alaskan Island by Shamar Walters U.S. scientists and local residents joined forces to free a 1,000-pound polar bear trapped in fishing net on a remote Arctic island on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The adult male was tangled up in the net on a barrier island off the coast of Alaska when the USGS and biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service came to the rescue. The USGS said the operation began with biologists tranquilizing the polar bear by "darting it" from a helicopter. That's when locals from the nearby community of Kaktovik provided critical support. "Local residents, using boats, kept the bear from drowning while the tranquilizers took effect," the USGS said on Facebook. "Once the bear was sedated, the biologists worked to quickly untangle the bear from the net and, after determining it appeared uninjured from its ordeal, released it back into the wild. "A great effort by all to keep this magnificent animal in the wild." Last edited by Commander Wallace; 09-07-15 at 07:12 AM.

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ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Well atleast polar bears are not as hunted as their brown kind is. __________________ Grumpy as always.

09-06-15, 10:27 PM	#1
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I'm with that, they are quite magnificent beasts, no doubt about it. Pity that the decline in their habitat is going to force them to encroach further into human occupied regions, thus bringing them into conflict with us.

09-07-15, 11:24 AM	#5
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Elsewhere, sadder news prevails: https://instagram.com/p/7TRP7WlsKm/