Comments on: A Special Message from the Polar Bear Community

By: terrible person

terrible person — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:32:00 +0000

It's not just that wanting the resources of the Arctic makes countries less inclined to do something about global warming. In order to explore the Arctic for fossil fuels, they have to send lots of ships -- escorted by icebreakers, sometimes atomic-powered -- up there, right through the bears spawning and hunting grounds!

Also, since polar bears are at the top of the food chain, eating the seals that eat the fish, plastic and chemicals that go into the ocean and kills or gets concentrated in the fish affect the bears!

I'm so looking forward to seeing the armored bears in the movie version of "The Golden Compass"!

By: Elpenor

Elpenor — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:26:00 +0000

Of course, some Canadians disagree. Can we trust them? I've heard the Canadians are really worried that the U.S. wants to steal their water, both free-flowing and locked up in glaciers (that are, of course, melting.) Maybe it's those big billboards in the U.S. that say, "Drink Canada Dry!"

By: Deep Eddy

Deep Eddy — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:22:00 +0000

Of course, we shouldn't forget that it was the Russians who started the whole recent Arctic scramble by sending a submarine to plant a titanium flag on the sea floor at the North Pole. But the polar bears are striking back at Russia, or at least showing the flag...

By: birdspike

birdspike — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:11:00 +0000

That's a very cute bear in the middle ... it looks a lot like one I saw on the Web somewhere...

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:15:00 +0000

Great post! Polar Bears have always been one of my favorite mammals to view (through photos of course) due to their size and beauty. It’s sad to think our selfishness is going to be the cause of their demise…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:31:00 +0000

wait that last bit was from me…and im not sure why i hit the send button because i wasnt done yet. but now ive forgotten what else i was going to say about the gorillas so i guess im done now.
*marika

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:30:00 +0000

did you hear that gorillas are close to being extinct because of their habitats being taken over? :(

By: Radical Garbage Man

Radical Garbage Man — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:52:00 +0000

I love it!

Polar sovereignty for polar bears!