Polar Bears are Irish!

Pano · 8th July 2011, 10:40 PM

I always thought they talked funny. Now we know. They all descended from an Irish mama bear about 30 thousand years ago.

Observations: Today's Polar Bears Started Out Brown and Irish [Video]

DigitalJunkie · 9th July 2011, 04:16 AM

Hmm. So without all the whiskey to keep their fur brown,they turned white?

gray5596 · 9th July 2011, 05:13 AM

Actually a polar bear's skin is black, their fur is hollow and reflects light so as to give the appearance of being white. I remember reading this in a Scientific America over 20 years ago. (I can't remember my wedding anniversary, but I can remember obscure facts

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poynton · 9th July 2011, 05:18 AM

So they must all have Hawaiian passports then .........

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SY · 9th July 2011, 10:08 AM

I can assure you that I'm not Irish.

jackinnj · 9th July 2011, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SY

I can assure you that I'm not Irish.

The Irish are, after all, the "Lost Tribe" so you can never be totally certain.

SY · 9th July 2011, 02:08 PM

The cuisines are similarly bad, that's true. Heavy on cabbage and potatoes and boiled tough meats.

digits · 03:54 PM

What do you get when you cross a polar bear with an irishman?
Lunch

8th July 2011, 10:40 PM	#1
Pano diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: North Carolina Blog Entries: 4	Polar Bears are Irish! I always thought they talked funny. Now we know. They all descended from an Irish mama bear about 30 thousand years ago. Observations: Today's Polar Bears Started Out Brown and Irish [Video]

9th July 2011, 05:18 AM	#4
poynton Magneto the Gravity Man diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A life on the ocean waves when I'm not at home in N. Wales (but I'm not Welsh so no sheep jokes!)	So they must all have Hawaiian passports then ......... . __________________ If it ain't broke, break it !! Then fix it again. It's called DIY !

9th July 2011, 10:08 AM	#5
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chicagoland Blog Entries: 1	I can assure you that I'm not Irish. __________________ If there's a sucker born every minute, where do the rest of them come from?

9th July 2011, 02:08 PM	#7
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chicagoland Blog Entries: 1	The cuisines are similarly bad, that's true. Heavy on cabbage and potatoes and boiled tough meats. __________________ If there's a sucker born every minute, where do the rest of them come from?

9th July 2011, 03:52 PM	#8
digits diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2011	What do you get when you cross a polar bear with an irishman? Lunch Last edited by digits; 9th July 2011 at 03:54 PM.


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9th July 2011, 04:16 AM	#2
DigitalJunkie diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Portland,Oregon Blog Entries: 4	Hmm. So without all the whiskey to keep their fur brown,they turned white?

9th July 2011, 05:13 AM	#3
gray5596 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Midwest	Actually a polar bear's skin is black, their fur is hollow and reflects light so as to give the appearance of being white. I remember reading this in a Scientific America over 20 years ago. (I can't remember my wedding anniversary, but I can remember obscure facts )

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