I guess I've been bored from not mocking Sarah Palin since she lost the election, so time to dig up a gem. Remember how she believed GOD would help her bring more oil money to Alaska, well turns out GOD was taking his damn time so she decided to sue to the Government to have Polar Bears taken off the protected animals list, in order to turn nature preserves into industrial playgrounds. She even went on Glenn beck to argue her case.
So she's suing because polar bear numbers are increasing? Where is she getting that fact? Everything I have heard has been that the Arctic is shrinking and hurting the polar bear population. CBS or Glenn Beck? hmmm..
Regardless, The New Scientist magazine looked into the facts, Palin was right that Polar Bear populations were rising, but she spun the story to meet her needs, Populations are rising in North-East Canada, but are dropping Alaska.
The two populations that are increasing, both in north-eastern Canada, were severely reduced by hunting in the past and are recovering thanks to the protection they and their prey now enjoy.
The best-studied population, in Canada's western Hudson Bay, fell by 22% from 1194 animals in 1987 to 935 in 2004, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service. A second group in the Beaufort Sea, off Alaska's north coast, is now experiencing the same pattern of reduced adult weights and cub survival as the Hudson Bay group.
Read on..New Scientist. Busts the Myth
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