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Mugu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 02:57 AM
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Polar bear chases man in Kaktovik
Photos Courtesy, Daniel Droege via ktva.com

In case you are wondering, the man did get away.




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Submariner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 03:02 AM
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1. I bet that guy needed and underwear change after that peek-a-boo
game of "let's not get shredded by the bear."
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 03:07 AM
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2. Stephen warned us...
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postulater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 08:19 AM
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3. He has a f***ing truck for God's sake!
Edited on Sat Apr-19-08 08:19 AM by postulater
What is he doing that close to a polar bear?

Almost a Darwin Award winner.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 08:30 AM
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4. Looks like surveying equipment there.
Probably didn't see the bear advancing in his direction.
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BadgerLaw2010 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 09:03 AM
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5. Polar bears are supreme ambush predators. Good stalkers, very hard to spot.
It probably snuck up on him.

Polar bears also don't have a fear of humans and consider us potentially edible, mostly because they have minimal contact with us, and eat everything else they come across.
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