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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPolar bears spotted in Scotland as animals flee melting Arctic ice cap
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/03/31/polar-bears-spotted-scotland-animals-flee-melting-arctic-ice/Anybody venturing to Scotland normally has only the midges to avoid. Now theres an altogether more terrifying, not so wee beastie lurking in the woods.
For scientists with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have discovered a polar bear living on an island in the Outer Hebrides.
The images and video footage were captured by a dog walker on North Uist. Its authenticity has been verified by the WWF.
Scientists believe the bear may have been forced to head south after finding itself stranded on a melting sheet of ice that broke away from the Arctic ice cap.
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Polar bears spotted in Scotland as animals flee melting Arctic ice cap (Original Post)
jpak
Apr 2017
OP
It's incredible the polar bear made it that far. It must have swam a long way.
KittyWampus
Apr 2017
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MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)1. You cheeky little devil.
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Jonny Appleseed
(960 posts)9. In 20 hundred and 17 Polar Bearus sailed the Norwegian Sea
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)3. It's incredible the polar bear made it that far. It must have swam a long way.
jpak
(41,758 posts)12. I'm pretty sure it ice rafted most of the way
Bergs occasionally ground in the Outer Hebrides during the late spring.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)5. Have a great day!
jpak
(41,758 posts)6. shhhhhh - we're huntimg polar bears
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)7. Does anyone else think that looks like Pence?
Jonny Appleseed
(960 posts)10. My friend is in the Arctic doing a cartographic survey
and they train them to be able to shoot hungry polar bears just in case.
Which I'm like, c'mon, there's 7 billion of us, what's the harm in letting a polar bear eat one?
jpak
(41,758 posts)11. We never left the ship (Can CG icebreaker) without 2 people with guns.
and we always pulled the gangway up - they would walk right up it to get on the ship.
Friends of mine using a helicopter to do hydrophone surveys (for marine mammal vocalizations), lifted off the ice and found one had sneaked up to within 30 feet of them (behind some ice rubble).
Another friend doing archaeology surveys in Labrador had one come into her tent. It chewed up her books.
Not to be trusted.
nope
Duppers
(28,123 posts)13. Poor beasts are starving. nt