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Old 04-07-2012, 10:30 PM
 
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It appears nine of 33 bears the green loons checked appear to be losing their fur. I guess after reports came out that there are more than twice as many around Hudson Bay as the kooks thought and now they gotta make up a new story to put the poor bears in peril.

In the past two weeks, nine of 33 bears checked by scientists in the southern Beaufort Sea region near Barrow were found to have alopecia — loss of fur — and skin lesions, said Tony DeGange, chief of the biology office at the USGS Science Center in Anchorage.
Three of four bears inspected Thursday near Kaktovik showed the symptoms as well.
Scientists have been collecting blood and tissue samples from the afflicted bears, but they do not know the cause or the significance of the outbreak, the Anchorage Daily News reported.


Some of Alaska's polar bears are losing fur
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Old 04-07-2012, 10:45 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, MD
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Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't so fuzzy, was he
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Old 04-07-2012, 10:49 PM
 
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Bear a boo
Bear a boo
What do you do
When a bear goes boo
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Old 04-07-2012, 10:55 PM
 
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It appears nine of 33 bears the green loons checked appear to be losing their fur. I guess after reports came out that there are more than twice as many around Hudson Bay as the kooks thought and now they gotta make up a new story to put the poor bears in peril.
What break from reality makes one presume that this is 'made up'?

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Those are the same symptoms that have sickened ice seals and walruses in the arctic since last summer and led the federal government to declare the incident an unusual mortality event.
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Dozens of seals have died from the disease, but no walrus deaths are attributed to it. Scientists don’t know yet if the walrus and seals are suffering from the same thing. Although the veterinary pathologist who has done most of the necropsies on the animals say the lesions look very similar under the microscope.
Polar Bears Show Signs of Mysterious Illness | alaskapublic.org
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Old 04-07-2012, 11:07 PM
 
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It wouldn't surprise me if the enviro whacko's were trying to make em sick on purpose. Now if you would have read the article the same group of scientists found the same thing occur back in '98-'99.
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Old 04-07-2012, 11:11 PM
 
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IF they are loosing the Cold ICE then loosing fur IS the way to adapt! Blame it on Global Warming!
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Old 04-07-2012, 11:11 PM
 
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I blame Bush.
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Old 04-07-2012, 11:17 PM
 
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IF they are loosing the Cold ICE then loosing fur IS the way to adapt! Blame it on Global Warming!
Doubtful that's the reason. Mere loss of hair with no other symptoms? Perhaps. But if these are related to the lesions that affected the seals (many of which have died), then it seems to be some sort of pathogen.
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Old 04-07-2012, 11:20 PM
 
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Could be someone realted to Edward Scissorhands too.
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Old 04-07-2012, 11:34 PM
 
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I think the story of the green Loons would be a more interesting environmental oddity than a few bears losing some hair..

http://www.ducks.ca/resource/general/naturenotes/images/135674.jpg (broken link)
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