Starving polar bears turn to cannibalism
source: http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/732010--starving-polar-bears-tur...
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Bears lose up to 30 per cent of their body mass in summer and autumn waiting on land for the sea ice to refreeze so they can use it as a platform to hunt seals.
They used to be able to get out on the ice of Hudson Bay by early November, but freeze-up is now weeks later. This year, as December approaches, it still isn't solid enough for the bears.
So far this fall, tour operators and scientists have reported at least four and up to eight cases of mature males eating cubs and other bears in the population around Churchill, Man. Four cases were reported to Manitoba Conservation and four to Environment Canada.
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s0uthc0ast
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I thought we all embraced Darwinism?!
What happened to survival of the fittest?!
Nobody here remembers natural selection? - 2 years ago
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s0uthc0ast:
I not sure Darwin would consider "death by pollution" a factor in natural selection. I could be wrong... but, I doubt it. There is the whole sustainability argument also, can/should we continue to over consume products which are toxic to the earth. Ask yourself a question, why is it human excriment is now toxic? You know what they say, you are what you eat ;)
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JanforGore
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http://current.com/items/91567175_the-copenhagen-diagnosis-report.htm
Jeff:Climate change is having its toll on their habitat. That is not in dispute regardless of what you believe. But of course, scientists don't know as much about this as Internet shills do. Go figure.
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JanforGore
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bushama
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here is another view on this
a biologist with Nunavut Territorial government in Canada, pointed out in testimony to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that modest warming may be beneficial to bears since it creates better habitats for its main food sources. Further, Taylor thinks that where polar bear weight and numbers are declining, arctic warming isn't the cause, but rather too many bears are competing for food.
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=14099 - 2 years ago
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bushama
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robidog [removed]
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http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/commen...
It's raining bears. Hallelujah!
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robidog [removed]
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arosso
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False. Global warming is fake. You should check up on that shit.
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arosso
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slimpunk
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arosso:
I checked up on that shit, and you're totally right! Thanks for the tip buddy.
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slimpunk
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arosso
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arosso:
I think the most imperative reasons as to why it's false is because a. global warming enthusiasts obviously only document the planets patterns of warmth, not coolness and b. carbon dioxide gas is a heavy molecule, too heavy to float to "greenhouse gas" status. And besides what do plants require in order to produce oxygen? CARBON DIOXIDE!
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arosso
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Tandy_Royal
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Here is the link to the Society of Enviromental Journalists.
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treewolf39
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This is just the beginning. We knew this would happen in the early 90's. Good luck to the bears.
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Logos51891
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round up the majority of the bears and place them in a preserve identical to there habitat. when there numbers increase release them.
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CarlosIsDown
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Godless.
Killing.
Machines.Seriously though, that's sad.
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mixmaster
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humans after the animals become extinct what will we be eating?
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CreditFigaro
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Good, they found something to eat! I was getting worried about them.
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larrysnotes
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Al Gore is a GOD !
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bushama
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Save the polar bears and turn off your computers
Every single computer requires about 1.8 tonnes of chemicals, fossil fuels and water for its manufacture. And once in use, it emits about 0.1 tonne of carbon dioxide in a year.
According to a research, computers generate an estimated 35 million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. The emissions by computers account for 2 per cent of world’s total carbon dioxide emissions, almost equal to that contributed by aviation.
http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/computers-emit-as-much-carbon-dioxide-as-aviation...
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bushama
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jefftego
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PBSG has listed eight of 19 subpopulations as currently decreasing, three as stable and one as increasing. For seven, data were insufficient to assign a trend. So the deuche asking the question above had an agenda and crappy info. Just sayin.
http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/polar-bear-status-report/ - 2 years ago
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Al Gore gets confronted with a tough question
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ibrake4rappers13:
So maybe you should go tell the polar bears that they are mistakenly thinking they are unable to hunt for food until later in the year and they can stop killing and eating other bears. I am sure if you explain to them that 2 years ago a judge in England said that their species is increasing in number, they will be cool with it.
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CalPerr
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ibrake4rappers13:
I found MAD typos and error in my text books in school. This was a freaking movie.
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CalPerr
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JanforGore
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ibrake4rappers13:
LOL, I hear that broken record playing again... When in doubt pull Al Gore out. So transparent.
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CalPerr
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Every year i want to slap my relatives more and more when they tell me global warming is bullshit
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CalPerr:
im sure thats what the government would love to do
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CalPerr:
how exactly would that make sense?
Who is this "the government" of which you speak.
Last time I saw our government couldn't agree on what color ties to wear, let alone what and who to believe. - 2 years ago
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ibrake4rappers13
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CalPerr:
obama wants to cut co2 emissions at copenhagen
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CalPerr:
so therefore the Obama wants me to slap my relatives?
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digkv
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someone should send them some bottles of coke. that always makes them happy.
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digkv
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digkv:
lol
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marisa_bklyn
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No moron all animals do not eat each other. But when animals like polar bears and humans do eat each other it is almost always as a last resort. A last ditch attempt for the individual animal to die. This is not natural normal behavior for polar bears . The reason they're doing this is b/c they're starving to death. Just like the Donner party and those guys on the plane crash in the Andes mts. Both cases involved Humans that ate other humans to live.
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robidog [removed]
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I hate polar bears. Good riddance to the lot of them.
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robidog [removed]
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robidog:
They make great coats !
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robidog [removed]
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robidog:
And maybe taste good too. Let's farm them.
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robidog:
Hey moron u hate polar bears I'm sure they hate u. I think the world wld be a better place if they ate u instead of each other. What a dumb, infantile thing to say it isn't even funny just stupid. I'd think that was funny and shocking to a 12 year old.
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robidog:
Polar bears don't give a shit for me. As far as they are concerned, I am lunch. Well, the feeling is mutual.
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Ihatethemall
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Males in a lot of the animal world eat the young. This is such a bullshit story. They are doing everything they can to do as much damage control from the leaked e-mails. Their cause is lost. The truth is out. The gig is up.
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jefftego
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Ihatethemall:
I didn't see anything in the article about causes of climate change, climate science, or anything along those lines so I am not sure how the e-mails are relevant or connected to this article.
It did mention the arctic ice sheet is shrinking and forming later in the season. Regardless of cause, that is not in dispute.
The article also speaks about male bears eating young and why, and how the current circumstances differ:
"Adult males killing young of their species isn't unknown among animals, especially bears. But in most cases it happens in the spring so the male can then impregnate the sow he has left without cubs.
The timing of the recent killings suggests hunger may be the motivation, said Stirling, because "the females aren't going to be reproductively receptive until next spring.""
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jefftego
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Ihatethemall:
Too many bears, Al Gore wants less bears it seems.
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larrysnotes
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Ihatethemall:
Males naturally kill cubs to boink the Mom, not cause they are hungry.
they normally don't eat them - 2 years ago
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CalPerr
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jefftego
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Ihatethemall:
Exactamundo. Check out the big brain on CalPerr.
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jefftego
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larrysnotes
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All animals tend to eat each other, so what.
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larrysnotes
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jefftego
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larrysnotes:
Not all animals tend to eat each other. Some do, some do not. The so what isn't just that the bears are doing this, the so what is why they are doing it.
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jefftego
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CalgarC
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personally i would send some food... drop a few crates of food for the bears open them and leave...
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CalgarC
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larrysnotes
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This one looks ready to die.
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