The Other Coast by Adrian Raeside for August 23, 2014

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    StoicLion1973  about 10 years ago

    Don’t polar bears know how to swim…very well?

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    Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member about 10 years ago

    They were over-hunted (till IIRR 1973, when an International Agreement for Conservation came into force) to such an extent that even though their habitat is severely threatened the numbers of most populations have recovered. So yes their numbers have increased, but remember that deniers love to cherry-pick their dates…

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    NaturLvr  about 10 years ago

    They know how to swim, but they can’t hunt while in the water. Bear populations are up from what they once were, but that doesn’t mean they and their habitat aren’t endangered.

    Realistically, is anything on this planet not in decline, other than human population and destruction of natural habitat? Why does acknowledging and admitting that cause so much anger and fear in some people, I wonder?

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    johnmanjaybee  about 10 years ago

    The arctic ice is melting because too many polar bears are farting. We need to shoot a bunch of them. to cut down on the green house gasses. Actually the ice is increasing at both poles, flatulence or not, to the highest levels in several decades.

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    jimguess  about 10 years ago
    … and YOU need to check YOUR facts.

    www.reportingclimatescience.com/news-stories/article/latest-data-shows-arctic-ice-volume-has-increased.html

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    hippogriff  about 10 years ago

    StoicLion: Their swimming endurance is good, but speed isn’t. Seals (their principal food) can out-swim them, They must hunt on ice flows, not in open water..Jim Guess: A blog calling itself science is no substitute for century-old, peer-reviewed scientific journals in quality of evidence. The North-East Passage has been open in the summer several years running, and Arctic Ocean towns have had to move inland because of erosion caused by the lack of ice along the shore. Go live with them for a couple of years and learn reality instead of reading what agrees with you.

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    NaturLvr  about 10 years ago

    Yes, I said they swim, that’s not the point. And they rarely hunt while IN THE WATER. They mainly lie in wait on the ice and rely on a seal surfacing for air and then snag it. Think about it, a polar bear is hardly going to be able to out-swim a seal.

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    english.ann  about 10 years ago

    Polar bears can swim in the ocean, up to 60 miles!

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    hippogriff  about 10 years ago

    Jim Guess: WaPo is a peer-reviewed science journal? I think Sousa should demand his march back.

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