- Tue Nov 12, 2002 4:54 pm
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Polar Bears- A Helpful Guide.
The first real polar bear (earlier specimens were actually albino grizzlies) was discovered on the Isle of Wight in 1861 by Prince Albert.It ate him and Queen Victoria sobbed for years.
The polar bears were immediately packed off to the Arctic where they built a cardboard township which blew away in a strong wind.They now live in bell tents supplied by Celine Dion.
The Luftwaffe used polar bears for target practice before the war but, surprisingly,they never hit one.
Apart from eskimos (no pc me) polar bears also eat courgettes and those chocolate bars that are only available in railway station vending machines.
Contrary to the popularly held belief that polar bears drink bottles of Coca Cola while capering about amusingly, they actually prefer cider and sleep a lot.
If you were to stack the 15 polar bears at Whipsnade zoo into rows of 5 bears,4 bears,3 bears,2 bears and then one on the top to form some kind of polar bear pyramid,a zoo keeper would almost certainly come up to you and ask what you were doing.
An as yet unrescinded bylaw in the Yukon bans polar bears from seeking political office,though they can act as election agent for a seal.
Polar bears hate panda bears and often beat them up when they meet in restaurants.
A fully grown polar bear can not actually fit onto a Fox's glacier mint. Trick photography was used.
10% of polar bears are homosexual which possibly explains that extravagant white fur 'coat' I once saw Dame Elton John wearing.