Polar Bears and Penguins: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''Well, I'm down in the bay with the Eskimos

 

The primary difference between the Arctic and the Antarctic is that one has polar bears and one has penguins - if you're lucky enough not to see them in the same place or [[Misplaced Wildlife|one of them in the wrong place]]. Oh, and they're on opposite ends of the Earth, but who can remember which one is where? Certainly not Hollywood, which treats them as interchangeable lumps of ice to send doomed expeditions up. The (Ant)Arctic circle is full of snow, chasms, avalanches and those great big ice bridges that collapse just as the last person makes their way across. [[No Party Like a Donner Party|Cannibalism]] may be unavoidable. If one is lucky (or unlucky) you might find that [[Lost World|weird hidden tropical valley filled with...interesting denizens.]]

 

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* Coca-Cola mostly averts this. In one, they lampshade it. It may be justified, if the bears were travelers.

* While polar bears themselves are absent from the southern hemisphere, some other Arctic species have been introduced there. One notable case is the reindeer, which occurs now in Sub-antartic islands, and they can be [http://ibc.lynxeds.com/video/king-penguin-aptenodytes-patagonicus/colony-reindeers seen next to penguin colonies]

* An infamous French cartoon from around 1908 commented on the controversy over whether explorer Robert Peary had truly been the first man to reach the North Pole. He is shown surrounded by penguins.

 

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