Rude awakening for polar bears

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Rude awakening for polar bears - World - NZ Herald Videos

A mother polar bear and her cub recently came out of hibernation to find the remote Alaska island where they bedded down last October had become a construction site. (NOTE: NO SOUND)

 

[dereksbicycles]

Wow, winter is long in Alaska. I feel bad for the polar bear.

 

[sequoias]

Polar bears hibernate? I thought they don't?

 

[Jiro]

Polar bears hibernate? I thought they don't?

they do. pretty much all bears hibernate except those that lives in all-year around season or food supply such as panda bear.

 

[sequoias]

they do. pretty much all bears hibernate except those that lives in all-year around season or food supply such as panda bear.

There's no caves to hibernate..are they gonna do that in the middle of the tundra?

 

[Beowulf]

they do. pretty much all bears hibernate except those that lives in all-year around season or food supply such as panda bear.

Not all pandas are bears. The red panda is more of a raccoon.

 

[Beowulf]

There's no caves to hibernate..are they gonna do that in the middle of the tundra?

Yup. And they wake up after giving birth to a cub or two.

 

[Jiro]

There's no caves to hibernate..are they gonna do that in the middle of the tundra?

an igloo.

 

[Jiro]

 

[sequoias]

an igloo.

I guess with a pile of snow.

 

[Jiro]

skip to 0:25 to see polar bear coming out of hibernation

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwZH_aT0FGI]YouTube - Mother Polar Bear and Cubs Emerging from Den - BBC Planet Earth[/ame]

 

[sequoias]

Ah, plenty of snow for them to dig thru and make their own "cave".

 

[Frisky Feline]

*heartbroken*

 

[Phillips]

Oh No! Sucks!