Environmentalists...and Polar Bears.

[Wagner]

Why is it whenever an environmentalist discusses Polar Bears it looks like this:




and not these?

[AzNMpower32]

Polar bears aren't cute cuddly animals. They're savage, blood-thirsty bears that eat seals to keep alive, as depicted accurately by the last picture.

[Wagner]

"...but Al Gore says they are cuddly..."

Yeah, right before they eat you.

[rastaFarai]

@ classic post Wagner..

doesnt mean they should be extinct or we shouldnt care LOL. Polar bear or grizzly bear, you should run when you see one. Only safe bear is a Teddy Bear.

[Wagner]

"Save the dolphins, to hell with the Tuna" We only protect things we deem cute.

[rastaFarai]

OK i get your point, why choose the polar bear when it's eating all the seals lol. It's the food chain

[Wagner]

nice avatar

[rastaFarai]

Originally Posted by Wagner

nice avatar

had too.. i think that pic is hilarious.. thanks for posting it LOL. I am still wondering how he ended up there. While everyone is thinking poor cute bear.. the photographer takes a pic instead of trying to throw him a life vest.

[motordavid]

Originally Posted by AzNMpower32

Polar bears aren't cute cuddly animals. They're savage, blood-thirsty bears that eat seals to keep alive, as depicted accurately by the last picture.

...all of the creatures are "savage, blood-thirsty" ...that's how
any of the species survive. Eat, and ultimately get eaten.

Does that make the P bears "bad", "good" or simply a bear species
that evolved to survive in arctic conditions.

I like Big R's juxtaposition, but the fact is that environment, for p bears
and the other creatures that live in the arctic, is changing. Whether
that "change" is man induced, man pressured, normal climate shift, or
some combo, is the real point. It seems to me it's sort of "is what it
is"; I doubt we could really slow, let alone "stop" that change if the
world halted what "its doing", tomorrow.

I'm not tree hugging; the p bears and many other species are under
huge pressure, as their ecosystem changes, either from climate change
and/or loss of habitat, probably initiated by man's methods in conjunction
with standard to weird weather and climate changes.

The polar bear is an easy mark, recognizable and "liked"...other species
are in a similar or the same situ, but don't have the sex appeal.

My point is, we are/will be, all under some real pressure.
BR,mD

[Lambeau]

Originally Posted by motordavid

...all of the creatures are "savage, blood-thirsty" ...that's how
any of the species survive. Eat, and ultimately get eaten.

Does that make the P bears "bad", "good" or simply a bear species
that evolved to survive in arctic conditions.

I like Big R's juxtaposition, but the fact is that environment, for p bears
and the other creatures that live in the arctic, is changing. Whether
that "change" is man induced, man pressured, normal climate shift, or
some combo, is the real point. It seems to me it's sort of "is what it
is"; I doubt we could really slow, let alone "stop" that change if the
world halted what "its doing", tomorrow.

I'm not tree hugging; the p bears and many other species are under
huge pressure, as their ecosystem changes, either from climate change
and/or loss of habitat, probably initiated by man's methods in conjunction
with standard to weird weather and climate changes.

The polar bear is an easy mark, recognizable and "liked"...other species
are in a similar or the same situ, but don't have the sex appeal.

My point is, we are/will be, all under some real pressure.
BR,mD

Good point MD!!!
Cool avatar by the way!
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It gives an opportunity for a great pick-up line...
Hey baby, wanna come over and see my nuclear weapon parts!!!?