Just watched Planet Earth

British television at it's best . Absolutely superb .

 

Awesome TV - aren't penguins amazing.

Aren't polar bears immense, I know its impossible, but I'd love to have one as a pet - I reckon they are like big labradors.

Stunning photography, I'd love to see it on HD it must be incredible.

 

Fantastic programme.

Awesome. I was left both in awe of and fearful for our planet. Very emotional at times but tremendous viewing.</p>

 

RE: Fantastic programme.

Typical. Females leaving t'owd chap holding t'baby.

 

RE: Fantastic programme.

The world is changing......................for the worse

 

I was surprised they got that baby penguin out of that hole.

I thought they didnt like to interfere with nature.</p>

That Polar Bear that was trying to kill a Walrus was pretty sad , especially when it lay down to die.</p>

 

RE: I was surprised they got that baby penguin out of that hole.

Yeah but who could walk away and leave a baby animal to die at the mercy of the elements? It wasn't as if it was becoming a meal for another animal.</p>

And I have the perfect answer to the Polar Bear starvation problem. Transfer them all to Antarctica where the ice is thicker and there's millions of penguins to eat.</p>

Sorted </p>

 

Polar bears don't eat penguins

Can't get the wrappers off.</p>



I'm here all week.....</p>

 

RE: Polar bears don't eat penguins..........cos they are poles apart

 

Tip of the day... never eat a polar bear's liver

Very toxic apparently... I think it's the high level of vitimin D

 

****. I've just eaten one. What should I do?

 

Phone a Doctor... quickly

 

I thought that was the Husky Dogs they use to pull the sleds.

 

RE: I thought that was the Husky Dogs they use to pull the sleds.

Its actually vitimin A. The Polar apparently stores large amounts in its liver. There have been artic expeditions wiped out by not knowing this simple fact. Don't know if the same applies to huskies- but Amundson didn't too bad on it in the antartic.

 

I am off to investigate as I was sure it was dog liver that killed an expedition once.

 

Check polar bears on wikipedia

its on there

 

Here we go!

<h3><span class="editsection">[edit]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Vitamin A overdose (Toxicity)</span></h3>

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) for vitamin A, for a 25-year old male, is 3,000 micrograms/day, or about 10,000 IU.</p>

Too much vitamin A can be harmful or fatal, resulting in what is known as hypervitaminosis A. The body converts the dimerized form, carotene, into vitamin A as it is needed, therefore high levels of carotene are not toxic compared to the ester (animal) forms. The livers of certain animals, especially those adapted to polar environments, often contain amounts of vitamin A that would be toxic to humans. Thus, vitamin A toxicity is typically reported in arctic explorers and people taking large doses of synthetic vitamin A. The first documented death due to vitamin A poisoning was Xavier Mertz, a Swiss scientist who died in January 1913 on an Antarctic expedition that had lost its food supplies and fell to eating its sled dogs. Mertz consumed lethal amounts of vitamin A by eating the dogs' livers. </p>

Just 0.3 grams of the liver of the polar bear contains the upper intake level.<sup class="reference" id="_ref-0">[2]</sup> If eaten in one meal, 30 to 90 grams is enough to kill a human being, or to make even sled dogs very ill.</p>

I think the answer is not to eat the liver of any animals that live in either Antartica or the Arctic</p>

 

Ah

Shitty B*ll*cks, thats me back to Morrisons for a refund then - I was looking forward to a bit of Polar bear liver and onions as well.

 

You been buying of the ethnic "bush meat" counter again!

 

It was the World Foods counter actually

Is there anything wrong with Hyena testicles that you know of ???

I believe in Asda they still call it the Foreign Food aisle, even though it only has Vesta Curry and Spaghetti hoops on its shelves.