Althouse: "Nothing like going to the Cincinnati Zoo and being on lock down due to a polar bear on the loose!"

March 16, 2016

"Nothing like going to the Cincinnati Zoo and being on lock down due to a polar bear on the loose!"

"Polar bear just got out at the #CincinnatiZoo. We're hiding in the monkey house."

30 comments:

Original Mike said...: "No animals or people were harmed."

Shouldn't that be "No people or animals were harmed"?; 3/16/16, 1:23 PM
buwaya said...: No doubt some effect of the Republican primary.
Polar bears, like cats, being Republican.; 3/16/16, 1:37 PM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: Original Mike said...

Shouldn't that be "No people or animals were harmed"?

I would think No animals were harmed would cover it, since people are animals, if not particularly civilized ones.; 3/16/16, 1:40 PM
traditionalguy said...: Bi-Polar Personality lock down alert. Has Trump escaped?; 3/16/16, 1:51 PM
campy said...: Just wait for Climate Change to kill all the polar bears.; 3/16/16, 1:57 PM
CStanley said...: True story- my sisters' family fell into the shark tank at the New Orleans aquarium when the catwalk broke. Fortunately the animals were well fed and not terribly interested, but my sister had a brief moment of panic when a guy who couldn't swim latched onto her leg.; 3/16/16, 2:07 PM
Curious George said...: I would have set a trap by the Coke machine.; 3/16/16, 2:40 PM
Ipso Fatso said...: Curious George wins The Internet!!!!; 3/16/16, 2:42 PM
Rumpletweezer said...: Polar bears think monkeys are "good eatin'."; 3/16/16, 2:49 PM
Fernandinande said...: "We're hiding in the monkey house."

Aren't we all?

the bear, whose name is Berit

Shortened from Beritzeskiewicz.; 3/16/16, 2:50 PM
Big Mike said...: I concur with Ipso. Curious George for Trump's VP!; 3/16/16, 2:51 PM
dreams said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 3/16/16, 2:53 PM
YoungHegelian said...: You're going to hide from a polar bear where, exactly? In a bank safe?

Because you're talkin' about a critter who can pull open a locked car door (well, there aren't a lot of cars in the Artic, but grizzlies can do this, & polar bears are bigger than grizzlies). If a polar bear really wants to eat you, it's going to take quite a bit between it & you to stop it.

But, this guys probably so well fed, he just has the Spring-time Wanderlust.; 3/16/16, 3:08 PM
Nonapod said...: the bear, whose name is Berit

Doesn't Berit Bear host FNC's special report?; 3/16/16, 3:14 PM
jr565 said...: The bears are so cute when they're in a picture. less so when they are roaming around freely.; 3/16/16, 3:22 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: I think the other animals were likely more alarmed than the people.

"Mmm, meerkat snacks. ... Oh! Crunchy flamingos! Don't mind if I do... Ah, grassland animals--the main course!"; 3/16/16, 3:40 PM
Wilbur said...: I saw a show on one of the animal networks where they filmed a fight between a polar and a grizzly.

The grizzly whupped the polar, setting him to running. Surprised me.

I guess it doesn't mean every grizzly can whup every polar.; 3/16/16, 4:26 PM
Lucien said...: The zoo just opened its "Let's take a closer look at those monkey butts" exhibit.

It's not a bug, it's feature!; 3/16/16, 4:56 PM
JCC said...: "Polar bear just got out at the #CincinnatiZoo. We're hiding in the monkey house."

Strike out "Cincinnati Zoo", insert "Republican Convention"....Has there ever been a better tag line?; 3/16/16, 5:16 PM
Paul said...: I've got a .454 Toklat if they want to borrow it.; 3/16/16, 5:54 PM
buwaya said...: It is a creative, and possibly useful idea - let loose a dozen or two polar bears in the Republican convention. It will concentrate the minds of the delegates and candidates, and, of course, add interest to the spectacle.; 3/16/16, 6:23 PM
Quaestor said...: "We're hiding in the monkey house"

That must have been one terrifying bear to make people flee from Cincinnati all the way to the Detroit City Council Chamber.; 3/16/16, 6:40 PM
Fritz said...: Wilbur said...
I saw a show on one of the animal networks where they filmed a fight between a polar and a grizzly.

The grizzly whupped the polar, setting him to running. Surprised me.

I guess it doesn't mean every grizzly can whup every polar.

Polar Bears evolved from Brown Bears (the same species as grizzlies) fairly recently as these things go about 400,000 years, and they still occasionally interbreed when the come into contact. But, bears being bears, they probably fight most of the time.; 3/16/16, 7:14 PM
n.n said...: Monkey house or Planned Parenthood?

Not even polar bears would risk entering that little office of horrors.; 3/16/16, 7:35 PM
YoungHegelian said...: See! See!

All week long I've been telling you stupid fucks "Don't poke the Trump bear"!

THIS, THIS is what happens when you poke the bear!; 3/16/16, 8:14 PM
Ron said...: Evan animals desire freedom. Only humans are dumb enough to give it away.; 3/16/16, 9:24 PM
Big Mike said...: Keep in mind that polar bears really like humans -- as a mid afternoon snack.; 3/16/16, 9:31 PM
Unknown said...: dog sport shirts
bonfire funds
tfund; 3/17/16, 5:05 AM
mikee said...: The Baltimore Zoo had to redesign their polar bear pool after the bears started rocketing out of the water, without any warning, in an attempt to snag the visitors just a few feet away, who were leaning over the simple rail keeping them out of harm's way.

I, for one, encouraged my kids to observe the people, the bears, and the deadly surprise of nearly being swiped by a giant bear paw, as I believed it would be a lesson to them about human stupidity and why it should be avoided. Both my kids have survived to adulthood without being attacked successfully by bears.; 3/17/16, 9:26 AM
MayBee said...: Huh. Twitter is talking about an explosion right now at the National Zoo. What is going on?; 3/17/16, 10:50 AM