Polar Bear on the lazy river at the Toronto Zoo

Sep 20, 2017 2:04 AM

Laid Back Polar Bear at Toronto Zoo

Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4KYSLM0Ki4

This dude looks cool af

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The one at the ashboro zoo has psych damage and swims the same patern over and over all day. Very sad.

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The sauce includes a second POV which as cool (pi) as that first part

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Blubber is very boyant

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Chill a.f.

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We need a frozen jungle book. tu du du duuu dudududu

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Love the way he pushes off and gets an extra push in on the way :)

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

First time in my life I ever wanted to be a polar bear

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Cool dude in a loose mood.

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That form, that stroke 5/7

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Looks like he's got the bear necessities

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The ol' razzle-dazzle

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People go to the zoo to relax. That's how it's done. :D

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

So very baloo..polar baloo xD

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It's almost as if you give apex predators everything they could possibly need to survive they get bored and try to entertain themselves. 1/2

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

2/2 No wonder Imgur exists!

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

just chilling...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Majestic af.

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He's our next Canadian swim team backstroke champ!

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I wish i could be as laid back as that polar bear

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Just like a people.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

True i find it hard to tell the difference between Canadian Humans and Canadian Polar Bears. Maybe its all the snow in the way.

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Apparently he's found the bear necessities

9 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 0

Forgot about his worries and strife.

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Yea mannnnn

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Old mother nature's recipe's

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so he can rest at ease.

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I've seen this gif so many times and I only just realized I saw a polar bear doing the same thing at the Toronto zoo a couple years ago.

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Love the slow paw, reach out for that extra glide.

9 years ago | Likes 228 Dislikes 0

Easy like Sunday morning

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This just made him look more human-like

9 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

I know it would murder me in a fraction of a second but I still want to pet it

9 years ago | Likes 36 Dislikes 0

And you probably could pet it, but only once.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

With a bear it wound probably take much longer. It would also probably be quite bloody and violent.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Forget about your worries and your strife

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yet another relaxing post by

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Imgur has conditioned me to feel betrayed when I don't check the username and someone points it out, so you made me go "oh fuck" out loud :D

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Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh - bear probably

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There should be a double like button.

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It's such a small space :(

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This is why I've never understood people universally opposed to zoos. I'm 90% confident that bear is pretty happy.

9 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 10

They're a vast improvement on what they were and they've done a lot of work on enrichment programs to keep the animals occupied.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

I hate cages, but given the plight of the polar bear, this one's probably better off. Maybe he needs a buddy tho?

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

He's just making the best of a shitty situation. I'm 100% confident he'd rather be swimming in the open ocean with his family.

9 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 5

Maybe he was born in the zoo?

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Yeah! Just like this little guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjuHYvieJlw oh and his life was 35 seconds, you know nothing about nature.

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 3

Safe for sure, and possibly happy if it understands that it is safe. But could also be bored.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

He is not. I went to the Toronto zoo some years ago in summer and the artic fox and the polar bear were asfixiated of heat.

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 4

Their cage was at open air. Not in the temperature it should be.

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The space they have is very minimal compared to how much they would have to be active in the wild.

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 2

You know what else they have in the wild? Another animal literally eating their insides as they feel it for days on end.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 4

True, but outside of captivity they are exposed to a lot that strengthens their immune system.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Not sure if good joke or you not understanding I'm talking about multicellular animals eating them alive.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 4

No sorry, what exactly are you talking about?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

In the wild, polar bears may travel thousands of miles in a year. I don't know if he's happy or not, just saying.

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They also starve to death, get ripped apart, have their babies eaten, break limbs, suffer *HORRIFYING* things at the hands of nature.

9 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 3

This is true.

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It's because people anthropomorphize the animals. "They're not smiling! They must be upset T_T" "The Lions are sleeping they must be bored!"

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 10

Do you deny that animals are intelligent life forms that require stimulation? There is solid evidence that some animals suffer in capitivity

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True, but also don't humanize animals. Their concept of feelings might be much different.

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With assumptions like that someone could easily claim "don't dehumanize animals, they might have the exact same feelings as us"

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I think it's pretty much proven that most animals do not have the moral compass humans have.

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