32+ Polar Bear In The Thames Gif. 13th century londoners were amazed at the site of a shackled polar bear being led to the thames riverbank to wash itself and fish for food. Also, a long rope to control the bear when he was in the water having a wash and fishing for himself.
Polar Bear On The Thames from www.telegraph.co.uk I read a scene in a historical story that described king george letting a polar bear from his menagerie loose in the thames river. Controlled by a muzzle attached to an iron chain and secured by a strong rope, it was taken for reguloar walks and allowed to catch fish in the thames. In 1255 the first elephant arrived in the country, a gift from louis ix of france.
Polar bears are the friends of penguins.
As far as we can tell, polar bears and penguins have never met outside a zoo. Commuters in london had to stop and do a double take yesterday morning when they saw a giant polar bear floating down the thames. The good news that polar bears are thriving is unlikely to draw as much. As the planet warms, shrinking the sea ice polar bears depend on to hunt, a new study finds that most subpopulations of the iconic arctic carnivores will struggle to survive by 2100.
