Saturday, August 27, 2005

I wrote my first little 'scientific research paper' on Polar Bear.

Do you know that polar bear is actually the largest land carnivore? And its only predator is human. Isn't this sad?

Cool facts about polar bear:
#1: Its fur is not white. It is transparent and non-pigmented, like a hollow tube with air space in the center.

#2: Its skin is actually black. It appears white because the fur reflects visible light.

#3: It's so well-insulated that it appears to be 'invinsible' in infrared photographs.

#4: The fur colors range from white to yellow, due to oxidation and other factors. But sometimes, they can be green too! This happens when algae infects their fur and stays inside the hollow center. That reminds me. The polar bears in Singapore Zoo were once infected too. They have to be bleached with hydrogen peroxide. Poor bears!

Lastly,

Q: How do you put a polar bear into a refrigerator?
A: It's easy - just open the door. Polar bears like cold places.

Q: How do you put a walrus into a refrigerator?
A: Just open the door, tell the polar bear to get out, stuff the walrus in, and close the door.

Q: There is a big animal meeting in the Arctic. All the animals are supposed to be there but one animal isn't. Which one is missing?
A: The walrus - it's still locked in the refrigerator.

Q: You have to paddle your kayak across water where dangerous polar bears swim. How will you do this without becoming polar bear lunch?
A: Just paddle across - all the polar bears are at the big animal meeting - don't you remember?

Cold polar bear joke. That's only because it lives at the Arctic.


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