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Hungry polar bear samples new kind of sub sandwich
It's Friday and I need a break from car bombings:A polar bear gnawed on the rudder of a U.S. submarine and then attacked it after the sub surfaced in the ice pack during maneuvers between the North Pole and Alaska this spring, the U.S. Navy reported last week. The submarine Connecticut, a new Seawolf-class sub, had partly surfaced with its sail and rudder sticking through the ice on April 27. "When an officer looked around outside via the periscope, he noted that his sub was being stalked by a hostile polar bear," the Navy reported on its news Web site. "OK, that settles it. No way I'm going outside." In a series of pictures captured on the periscope's camera, the bear apparently chewed on the rudder, then batted it around. The Navy reported the damage was minor. "It wasn't designed as a polar bear snack, but that's how life is sometimes," the story said. The bear most likely thought he'd found the biggest seal in the world. Good thing they got pictures. I can just imagine writing up the work order to get the chew marks on the rudder fixed. Posted by: Steve 2003-05-30 |
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