Crazy for polar bears

Well if the above is true I'll only note that there's a LONG history of unexpected negative outcomes of humans introducing non-native species to a new environment. But since this group doesn't want to affiliate with scientists, they probably don't want to hear from historians either. :crook
 
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Definitions of offal on the Web:

* viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

* Offal is the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particular list of organs, but includes most internal organs other than muscles or bones. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offal

* Animal organs rejected at slaughter as unfit for human consumption, eg, spleen, intestine, brain, lungs.
www.peteducation.com/dict_alpha_listing.cfm

* The internal parts of an animal including brain, heart, kidney, liver, tongue and tripe.
thefoody.com/glossary/glossaryo.html

* carrion; rubbish of any kind
www.eldritchdark.com/articles/criticism ... hton-smith
 
By all means, lets just bypass science and embark on massive biological endeavors based on good intentions. That worked out so well in New Zealand with rabbits, stoats and sheep and all of their native flightless birds. Or the the mongoose in Hawaii. Or the giant snails in Okinawa. Or the cheat grass, Eurasian Thistle, European Boar, starlings, English sparrows & Kelp Crab in North America.

Extinction is a natural process, and though we need not always accelerate it, it is pure folly to think we can or should try to halt it. Keep some polar bears in zoos, keep some of the DNA on ice and if it all melts, well, we can re-introduce once it is colder again.

OFFAL - now that is a funny hoax that someone is getting a good snicker at and you know that many are going to eat it up, hook line and sinker. C.W.
 
"With virtually the same prey species" -- I didn't know caribou and ptarmigan also lived in Antartica with the seals... when were they imported? And the penguins... sure, they'll adapt fine to their first exposure to a voracious mammalian predator. I'm sure that wouldn't interfere with all of the males holding their one chick balanced on their toes in the black of winter. They can just fly away until the bear leaves. C.W.
 
Good one Dan, :wink

If this 'organization' exists outside dogon's mind, Google doesn't know about it. :crook

No wonder it's in an 'undisclosed location' :disgust
 
Dan,

I thought of that last weekend after looking at the Farce of the Penguins. I just had 3 friends get back after a month long voyage in the Antarctic. They confirmed what I always suspected. Penguins really don't talk. However, I couldn't get confirmation if they tasted like chicken.

I guess we'll have to launch a double blind study when the polar bears get there to determine if their brain waves are similar when they encounter a strategically placed and camoflouged chicken to when they are eating their way through some penguins.
 
rogerbum":3lyrbc8u said:
Good one Dan - That's what I get for reading fast in the early AM!
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Don't fret about it, RB. With such a fine line between nerd and dork it is understandable how you and DoD can swap sides every so often.
 
dogon dory":dhtjg99m said:
I've finally accepted the fact that nobody wants to here from an engineer on technical issues :crook . So since I completely screwed up a lifetime of boating experience by getting myself educated beyond my intelligence, I'll focus on providing entertainment and arguing about sea lice. :teeth
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They're really hard to get out of your hair aren't they? That's why I don't swim in the ocean.
 
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