Their hairs are hollow - algae is growing there.

but ham doesn't come from polar bears..

hmmm Polar Ham

...less-frequent water changes because of the zoo's conservation efforts...

So being green causes green? Unintended consequences strikes again.

This is why we chlorinate swimming pools, folks. It's not that hard.

Tis a foine, foine color fer the lil dawlins.

\got nuthin
\\slashies

Approves

/Boobers?

Having a wild green polar bear as a pet is one way to stop people from going after your Lucky Charms.

Japan and colored hair? wheres all the goofy anime haircuts?

The fact that they do not turn green in any other zoo is, I guess, unimportant.

Their poor bears' dyed

Lets make Green Polar Bears together, Steven!



POLAR BEAR SMASH!

Pointy Tail of Satan: The fact that they do not turn green in any other zoo is, I guess, unimportant.

It seems that it's happened at different zoo's for many years now

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/polarbear.htmlLink

Pointy Tail of Satan: The fact that they do not turn green in any other zoo is, I guess, unimportant.

Except that they have, in several other zoos. It's pretty easy to clear up with various cleaners in the water, or so I hear. They used electron microscopes to check out the bears fur and see the algae growing inside the hairs at San Diego and in samples from several other zoos. Read "Life at the Zoo: Behind the Scenes with the Animal Doctors" by Phil Robinson for the extended version.

/not that abnormal, not worth worrying about
//know some polar bears so... kick, replies, etc.

Don't eat them. They're not ripe yet.

i think i know how this will turn out.

by the end of the thread, you'll all be thanking me.

Jungle Bears quickly adapt to their habitat.

Pointy Tail of Satan: The fact that they do not turn green in any other zoo is, I guess, unimportant.

FAIL

I remember green polar bears in the Baltimore Zoo 25 years ago.

Regnad Kcin: Don't eat them. They're not ripe yet.


WIN!

it's not easy being green

Polar bear fur is actually clear. Anything colored inside it would tint it. The individual hairs achieve total internal reflection, bouncing whatever sun there is all the way down to their skin, which is black. TMYK.

Bush hates Polar Bears!




"THBPBPTHPT!"

Pointy Tail of Satan 2008-09-07 09:56:07 AM
The fact that they do not turn green in any other zoo is, I guess, unimportant.

They get the green appearance at the San Francisco Zoo .Its kind of a seasonal thing.

FARK has become so lame...

Regnad Kcin 2008-09-07 10:19:18 AM
Don't eat them

This is Japan.........
How long B-4 Skippy ends up on the Menu?
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm, polar bears' liver w/ onions !

I luvs u's u's littles polars bear

Little One-Eyed Wench: Pointy Tail of Satan: The fact that they do not turn green in any other zoo is, I guess, unimportant.

It seems that it's happened at different zoo's for many years now

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/polarbear.htmlLink

Exactly, the National Zoo in DC has a problem with this every single summer. I have seen their polar bears green, although never as vividly green as this bear.

/Hey look minmods, the sun is rising! Bet you've never seen that from your basement, either.

Look at the pot belly on that bear! Fat!

We are witnessing the evolution of a species - this bear is simply getting prepared for the forecast greening of the polar region so he can blend right in.

I would eat them in a zoo.
I would eat them, you would too.

Welcome to 1986 subby

Captain Fantastic: but ham doesn't come from polar bears..

hmmm Polar Ham

mmmmm bacon bears....

Lame headline.

Also- has this zoo not heard of chlorine? Or getting divers in with scrub brushes and vacuums?

This is part of the polar bear's cunning plan to escape and blend into the environment. When the polar bears sneak up on you from the tall grass, you'll realize that Stephen Colbert is right.

Painting polar bears is the manly version of painting Easter eggs.

Richard Saunders: I would eat them in a zoo.
I would eat them, you would too.

Came for the Dr. Suess quote. Thanks for not letting me down.

/Was drawing a blank on how to work the bears in. Nicely done

So... if global warming continues, polar bears will develop seasonal camouflage?

All I know is not to eat the yellow snow polar bears.

ofn