Polar Bear Peril-Video Not To Be Missed

Polar bears spend much of their lives on the frozen sea. They hunt in the sea swimming from ice patch to ice patch in search of their next meal, which is generally seals. Since seals are a mainstay for the carnivores, they find them where ice meets water. These areas are primarily along the edges of the polar ice pack.

Annual sea ice is a necessity for polar bears. This ice is found covering the seas over the continental shelf and the arctic inter-island archipelagos. The only problem is, the sea ice is melting. No ice equals no place to land once you have been swimming for miles at a stretch. It is estimated that some bears are being forced to swim up to 200 miles to find a safe haven. It is a distance not manageable for most of these magnificent beasts who weigh anywhere from 500-1700 pounds. Exhausted, many of the bears drown. If they don't drown, they starve to death waiting for the strength to journey on.

The question remains if global warming is a natural occurrence, a man-made creation or a scientific exaggeration. When Arctic ice loss has been measured to equal the size of Alaska, Texas and Washington state combined, it shouts serious problem. Does the earth really want us to lose polar bears, or do we?

I urge you to watch the top video at http://www.savethepolarbear.org. It will either break or harden your heart. Either way, it is a video not to be missed or discussed.

Comments

[LITNUP]

Nice try.. kind of like that picture a couple years back of the Polar bears on the ice bergs.. Sea Ice are at the same levels in 2009 as it was in 1979

[Cindy Letchworth - Huffpost Blogger]

Then why are the polar bears drowning?

[NL207]

How many bears drowned?

How do YOU know these bears drowned?

How many total Polar Bears are there?

What is the total mortality of polar bears each year due to all causes including aboriginal hunting?

Do the drowned bears, if in fact there are any, constitute a signifcant portion of the total annual mortality?

Ingnorance + emotion = bad public policy.

[flytyer]

Is that the best defense you can come up with? It's a complete and total sham that the polar bear was listed as an endangered species in the first place. Today there are record numbers of polar bears and some say there are now more bears than ever before. It's a cute/cudly animal that environmentalists can use to bend less informed people to there will. Put a bunch of cute polar bear cubs on a poster and tell ppl there dying even w/o proof and instantly you get support, what a shame.