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Did somebody say lunch? (Pic: Polar Bear puts head thru ship's porthole EXTREME CUTENESS ALERT)
The Sun (U.K.) / Various ^ | October 5, 2009 | RICHARD MORIARTY

Posted on 10/05/2009 2:35:51 PM PDT by Stoat

Did somebody say lunch?

 

Polar bear 2 

 

 

Polar Bear 1 

 

 
 
 

THIS hungry polar bear didn't need a second invitation to pop in for lunch after smelling it being prepared on a tourist ship in the Arctic.

The beast stuck its head through the porthole after smelling cauliflower soup being heated up as the boat stopped at an ice flow close to the island of Svalbard, midway between Norway and the North Pole.

 

Close encounter ... tourists get a rare close-up with a polar bear

Close encounter ... tourists get a rare close-up with a polar bear

 

Luckily wildlife photographer Andy Rouse was one of 12 passengers on board M/S Stockholm when the surprise visitor stuck his head in and he captured the moment on camera.

After sniffing around the kitchen for a few minutes the bear wandered off back into the wilderness.

The poor creature must have been left un-bear-lievably hungry.



TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Pets/Animals; Travel
KEYWORDS: extremecuteness; norway; polarbear; porthole
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To: Zhang Fei

Yes as I look at them that close I wonder just how high they can jump?


41 posted on 10/05/2009 7:04:18 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: pandoraou812

Neat pics ping.


42 posted on 10/05/2009 8:16:20 PM PDT by TigersEye (Everybody knows it's a spotted dog...)
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To: TigersEye

Yes it is & I smiled lol.


43 posted on 10/05/2009 8:54:47 PM PDT by pandoraou812 (Don't play leapfrog with a unicorn.....................^........................)
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To: Stoat
She finally escapes the bears and is rushed off to hospital for treatment

Hopefully including "mental treatment."

What did she expect, a "Disney" experience?

44 posted on 10/05/2009 9:10:01 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Stoat

Golly, she is not only very cute, but very beautiful too!


45 posted on 10/05/2009 9:25:06 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: Stoat

Here’s a question along these lines:

If you feed a polar bear a fish, it will become dependent on you. If you feed a polar bear say, Algoracle, what would happen?


46 posted on 10/06/2009 6:54:26 AM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
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To: pillut48
"...If you feed a polar bear say, Algoracle, what would happen?..."

It would develop a taste for ManBearPig!

47 posted on 10/06/2009 7:38:53 AM PDT by I Buried My Guns
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To: Stoat

Thank you. If only more people understood that polar bears look at us as....lunch.


48 posted on 10/08/2009 10:25:43 AM PDT by Valin
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