Polar bears spotted in Scotland as animals flee melting Arctic ice cap

[jpak]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/03/31/polar-bears-spotted-scotland-animals-flee-melting-arctic-ice/

Anybody venturing to Scotland normally has only the midges to avoid. Now there’s an altogether more terrifying, not so wee beastie lurking in the woods.

For scientists with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have discovered a polar bear living on an island in the Outer Hebrides.

The images and video footage were captured by a dog walker on North Uist. Its authenticity has been verified by the WWF.

Scientists believe the bear may have been forced to head south after finding itself stranded on a melting sheet of ice that broke away from the Arctic ice cap.

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[MrScorpio]

1. You cheeky little devil.

[jpak]

2. Maps

[Jonny Appleseed]

9. In 20 hundred and 17 Polar Bearus sailed the Norwegian Sea

[KittyWampus]

3. It's incredible the polar bear made it that far. It must have swam a long way.

[jpak]

12. I'm pretty sure it ice rafted most of the way

Bergs occasionally ground in the Outer Hebrides during the late spring.

[KittyWampus]

5. Have a great day!

[jpak]

6. shhhhhh - we're huntimg polar bears

[HoneyBadger]

7. Does anyone else think that looks like Pence?

[sarisataka]

8. h5

[Jonny Appleseed]

10. My friend is in the Arctic doing a cartographic survey

and they train them to be able to shoot hungry polar bears just in case.

Which I'm like, c'mon, there's 7 billion of us, what's the harm in letting a polar bear eat one?

[jpak]

11. We never left the ship (Can CG icebreaker) without 2 people with guns.

and we always pulled the gangway up - they would walk right up it to get on the ship.

Friends of mine using a helicopter to do hydrophone surveys (for marine mammal vocalizations), lifted off the ice and found one had sneaked up to within 30 feet of them (behind some ice rubble).

Another friend doing archaeology surveys in Labrador had one come into her tent. It chewed up her books.

Not to be trusted.

nope

[Duppers]

13. Poor beasts are starving. nt