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Your Morning Adorable: Polar Bear Stops, Drops and Rolls at the Netherlands' Rotterdam Zoo
Offbeat  (tags: animals, polar bears, zoos, environment, protection )

Cher
- 9 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
It's not hard to imagine that it's pretty cold right about now at the Netherlands' Rotterdam Zoo. Freezing temperatures would quickly put us in a foul mood (we'll be the first to admit it), but it's clearly just the way this polar bear likes it.
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Polar Bears on Thin Ice: An Ecological and Artistic Collaboration Between Inuit, Canadians and British People
Offbeat  (tags: polar bears, thin ice campaign, worldwide, youth )

Simone
- 17 days ago - newswire.ca
The Polar Bears on thin ice campaign is now opening at the World Summit in Copenhagen. "This artistic project's aim is to rally the youth and Canadians in general to the urgency of taking action against global warming and the dangers confronting the
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The Moment Cannibal Polar Bear Eats Baby Cub
Offbeat  (tags: nature, polar bears, male polar bears, eating cubs, tourists )

Simone
- 22 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A group of tourists were left horrified when they came across the grisly sight of a polar bear eating a cub in northern Canada. The large male adult bear had separated the baby from its mother and killed it in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area,
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Melting Polar Bear Ice Sculptures to Raise Climate Awareness
Offbeat  (tags: polar bears, ice sculpture, climate change, copenhagen )

Simone
- 26 days ago - spacedaily.com
A polar bear sculpted out of an 11-tonne block of ice will be unveiled in Copenhagen Saturday, then left to melt to raise awareness about global warming during the UN climate summit, organisers said.
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Pictured: Amazing Images of Polar Bear Called 'Coldilocks' Taking a Dip (and Clearly Warming to the Camera)
Offbeat  (tags: polar bears, stunning photos, waving, playful, coldilocks )

Simone
- 30 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Waving at the camera and kicking off a poolside in Olympic swimmer fashion - these captivating pictures give a revealing insight into the playful nature of majestic polar bears. The award-winning images were taken by photographer Michael S.
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Dramatic Pictures of Polar Bear Encounter
Offbeat  (tags: polar bears, encounter, mother polar bear, trekking, survival, arctic )

Simone
- 37 days ago - metro.co.uk
An arduous journey over the Arctic ice evidently hasn't dampened the spirits of this mother polar bear and her triplets. The shot shows the bears taking a break from a march across Canada's Wapusk National Park.
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St. Louis Zoo Replaces Dead Polar Bears With Electronic Proxies
Offbeat  (tags: st louiz zoo, polar bears, deceased, electronic figures )

Simone
- 41 days ago - blogs.riverfronttimes.com
If you'll recall, the zoo hasn't had much luck keeping polar bears in recent years. The zoo's last polar bear, Hope, was euthanized in April when veterinarians found it had cancer. In May 2005 another polar bear, named Churchill, ate a fatal helping
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Polar Bear Photographed Blowing Bubble
Offbeat  (tags: animals, polar bears, blowing bubbles, environment, protection )

Cher
- 48 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The giant creature performed the stunt in front of onlookers in a glass zoo tunnel in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Peter Schmidt, a retired doctor, took the photograph after spotting the bear in mid-blow.
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Hybrid Cubs Show Polar Bear and Grizzly Traits
Offbeat  (tags: humans, polar bears, grizzly beas, hybrid, humans interference )

Simone
- 58 days ago - livescience.com
What happens when you cross a polar bear with a grizzly bear? Turns out, the babies sport a mix of features, such as partially hollow hairs, according to BBC News. The findings come from an experiment that started in 2004, when a female brown bear
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Polar Bear Patrol Escorts Hudson Bay Trick-or-Treaters
Offbeat  (tags: youngsters, hudson bay, halloween, polar bears, patrols )

Simone
- 62 days ago - cnews.canoe.ca
Youngsters in Churchill are warned not to dress in furry white costumes, to steer clear of baited traps stuffed with seal meat and to listen for the tell-tale sound of fireworks. That's because these candy-seekers have more to worry about than ghosts
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Adorable Polar Bear Cub Goes for a Piggyback Ride
Offbeat  (tags: polar bears, tourists, photos, polar bear cub, piggyback ride, mother )

Simone
- 88 days ago - treehugger.com
Polar bears have previously been known to hitch rides on their parent's back, but the practice was thought to be extremely rare. The picture above was taken by a British tourist, who caught the event on camera while on ship in the Norwegian fjords.
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Polar Bears Float Past Houses of Parliament in London
Offbeat  (tags: arts, polar bears, global warming, London, Parliament )

Robyn
- 337 days ago - earthfirst.com
Londoners got a shock as polar bears floated down the Thames River on icebergs, past the Houses of Parliament. They didn't make some kind of bizarre, epic journey - they're sculptures launched to raise global warming awareness.
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