Polar bear attacks nuclear submarine (1 Viewer)

[Ryan Wright]

http://www.livejournal.com/users/jwz/201692.html

Hilarious stuff!

Bear Attacks Sub: During the ICEX 2003 naval exercises near the North Pole, the American submarine Connecticut (SSN 22) poked it's sail and rudder through the ice. When an officer looked around outside via the periscope, he noted that his sub was being stalked by a hostile polar bear. The periscope cam was turned on, and these photos of a polar bear chewing on the subs rear rudder resulted. The damage was said to be minor. The SSN 22 is a Seawolf class boat, one of the navy's newest submarines. It wasn't designed as a polar bear snack, but that's how life is sometimes.

& a picture:

 

[Nathan*W]

[Roar as sub surfaces][Polar bear looks up in surprise]
Bear:Holy $#!+ that is one huge bear snack!
[Ambles over and tries to eat sub, get metallic taste in mouth]
Bear:WTF???
[Bear becomes angry over the sudden loss of said bear snack, takes out aggression on sub]

 

[SteveGon]

Poor bear! He probably thought he had the mother of all seals! Doh!

 

[Philip_G]

no wonder they're endangered. They're apparently dumb as a fencepost

 

[Julie K]

Polar bears will attack whales. One of The Blue Planet DVDs shows footage of a bear attacking beluga whales that are trapped by ice. The bears get whales often enough to make it worthwhile.

 

[Philip Hamm]

Ditto on what Julie wrote. Actually for some times in the year, whales are the major food source for these animals. Think aobut it - what the hell else is there?