As a carnivorous animal, you wouldn't expect a polar bear to get excited over fruit and vegetables.

They're usually more concerned with capturing seals than ensuring they receive their five-a-day.

However these inhabitants of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo were determined to get to the fruit and vegetables on offer - even if they were enclosed in blocks of ice. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

After killing the bear he went back to his pickup to get a drink of water. Only then did he notice his shoulder was dislocated. He popped it back in himself and then drove himself to the doctor for treatment of what HE called minor injuries.

Salute to the man with the HUGE brass balls! picked by tigertony 1 year ago

This submarine surfaces and is graced with the presence of a few visitors! picked by tundramonkey 3 years ago

Apparently Knut, the celebrity and former cub with whom the polar bear above shares his tank, has deceived some into believing that the animals are nothing but plush toys.

*with video* picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

Er...yea...like WHO was going to go in and take them away from the mom? Stealing offspring AND food from a polar bear? I'll pass, thanks. picked by moe 2 years ago

A polar bear named Debby is, at 40, officially the oldest polar bear in the world. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The animal sat next to the bus driver for almost an hour as he drove through the city, and scratched and bit a 20-year-old female passenger when she tried to hold it, the Mexican news agency Notimex said. picked by suebe 3 years ago

Zookeepers at the Nuremberg Zoo in Germany care for a 4-week-old polar bear cub.

*warning: too adorable for words picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Police suspect polar bears, who keep breeding and need the room. picked by suebe 2 years ago

Stuart Brown describes Norbert Rosing's striking images of a wild polar bear playing with sled dogs in the wilds of Canada's Hudson Bay. Beautiful. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Polar rival finds fame too much to bear. Witness: "Knut was always so cuddly and cute. I'm just shocked that he could do something this heinous." picked by ReBoot 3 years ago

More than two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be killed off by 2050 -- including the entire population in Alaska -- because of thinning sea ice from global warming in the Arctic, government scientists forecast Friday. picked by muppet 2 years ago

A 375-pound male black bear was saved from a drowning death Saturday after a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist pulled the tranquilized animal from the Gulf of Mexico (about 40 miles from Tallahassee) picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

A bear killed two militants after discovering them in its den in Indian-administered Kashmir.
*every body wants a piece of the action* picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

"The bear wasn't charging anybody. If he did, I could see putting the bear down, but the bear was running towards the woods. It was trying to get away from everybody," said Rick Zeigler. picked by dollyllama 1 year ago

A German woman mauled by three polar bears after she leapt into the moat surrounding their pen at a Berlin zoo was apparently suicidal after a string of setbacks, a newspaper reports. Update on this post. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Macedonian bee-keeper Zoran Kiseloski brought about a civil case against a bear that had been stealing his honey.

Kiseloski had had some success at keeping the bear away by playing loud Turbo-Folk music but the bear would return when the music stopped.

The bear was tried in absentia. picked by Pocksucket 2 years ago

Hilarious cartoon about one parachuting polar bears bad luck. picked by Neiako 3 years ago

Poor widdle cubs. picked by dollyllama 3 years ago

A grizzly bear that appeared in a recent Will Ferrell movie killed a trainer with a bite to his neck and had to be subdued with pepper spray. picked by arsphidius 2 years ago