@troglodytejb:quote: Given that there are only 20,000 polar bears in the world total, it is highly unlikely that they would stray near a human civilization...Not true. Barrow, Alaska and Prudhoe Bay, Alaska both lie well within polar bears' habitats. Barrow is the northernmost village in North America, and Prudhoe isn't very much farther south. It's fairly common for residents of Barrow to see polar bears, although usually not within the village itself. And the oil field workers in Prudhoe (yes, it's basically a self-contained little city) frequently see polar bears there. My dad worked in Prudhoe for three months after he retired from the Air Force, and got pretty close to a couple of bears while he was there. So yes, they do stray near human civilizations.Having said that, you are correct that polar bears usually don't bother people.
This list seems kind of stupid; Polar bears made the list? How often do humans get killed by polar bears (other than when they jump into the bear's cage at the San Diego Zoo ala mid-90s... maybe that was a brown bear anyway)? Don't way more humans die from hippos, bull sharks, moose (yes, moose), rattlesnakes?Maybe they should make a list "which animals kill the most humans" instead of arbitrarily mixing dangerous animals that rarely come into contact with humans (polar bears, posion dart frogs) and man-killers (cobras, mosquitoes).
I thought I was going to see more poisonous animals, like the finger-nail-sized jellyfish that can kill a human in minutes if stung.. and if they don't die, they go through unbelievable pain for a couple of weeks..
homunculiheadedJun 20, 2007
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alexforcefiveJun 20, 2007
Dugg because all the other top tens on that site are really interesting
elementopJun 20, 2007
@troglodytejb:quote: Given that there are only 20,000 polar bears in the world total, it is highly unlikely that they would stray near a human civilization...Not true. Barrow, Alaska and Prudhoe Bay, Alaska both lie well within polar bears' habitats. Barrow is the northernmost village in North America, and Prudhoe isn't very much farther south. It's fairly common for residents of Barrow to see polar bears, although usually not within the village itself. And the oil field workers in Prudhoe (yes, it's basically a self-contained little city) frequently see polar bears there. My dad worked in Prudhoe for three months after he retired from the Air Force, and got pretty close to a couple of bears while he was there. So yes, they do stray near human civilizations.Having said that, you are correct that polar bears usually don't bother people.
aarononthewebJun 20, 2007
This list seems kind of stupid; Polar bears made the list? How often do humans get killed by polar bears (other than when they jump into the bear's cage at the San Diego Zoo ala mid-90s... maybe that was a brown bear anyway)? Don't way more humans die from hippos, bull sharks, moose (yes, moose), rattlesnakes?Maybe they should make a list "which animals kill the most humans" instead of arbitrarily mixing dangerous animals that rarely come into contact with humans (polar bears, posion dart frogs) and man-killers (cobras, mosquitoes).
dmdekothJun 20, 2007
I thought I was going to see more poisonous animals, like the finger-nail-sized jellyfish that can kill a human in minutes if stung.. and if they don't die, they go through unbelievable pain for a couple of weeks..
woah_g!Jun 20, 2007
>:3
thebellmaster1xJun 21, 2007
@thotpoizn<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-domain_system">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-domain_system</a>That's why.