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Little Girl and Huge Polar Bear Have a Moment

March 31, 2012 at 4:00pm | by AP

Thanks to very strong glass, this picture can be cute…

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30 Comments

Category: Animals. Tags: beautiful, kids, polar bear, zoo.

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Beth Borror Cope says:

May 20, 2013 at 11:19 am

I feel sorry for the people who are freaking out in fear about a child’s visit to the zoo. I can’t imagine what it must feel like to live in such fear. To have a life absent of adventure or curiosity about the world and what is in it… it doesn’t sound like much of a life to me.

Keely Loria says:

October 18, 2012 at 10:49 am

OMG! people! Knock it off! Its an exhibit at the zoo! Fact is STAY OUT OF THEIR SPACE and you will be fine! Clearly she is NOT in the WATER! If she was, then you can say all you want! The way some of you are reacting is just ridiculous!

Andrea Tennille says:

October 17, 2012 at 7:04 pm

I hate to say this to all the people who are freaking out because it’s dangerous, but… My mother has a similar picture of myself and Mike the Polar Bear at the Chicago Zoo when I was two. I’m still alive, and do, in fact, love polar bears now.
IF the glass broke (which is unlikely, the glass used for those type of tanks is usually several inches thick), then EVERYONE in the room would be in danger, since the water would flood into the room. Therefore, by your arguments, going to this exhibit at ALL is dangerous.
Frankly, it think it’s a wonderful picture, and I hope her parents keep it so she can remember the moment.

Darlene M Goforth says:

November 21, 2012 at 7:34 am

NC Zoo in Ashboro has a Polar Bear &Gorilla exhibit made they same way. The glass can take the bears & gorillas and they can dish out. They have been there for years. Let the child who may be the next Best Zoologist enjoy her zoo trip. She was scaling any walls to get in with the animals.

Kristen Brousseau says:

August 28, 2012 at 6:34 pm

yeahhhh he wants to eat her face.

Charini Wanigarachchi says:

August 1, 2012 at 8:34 pm

awww he thinks she needs a big bear hug! XD

Wendy Aminzadeh says:

June 22, 2012 at 3:49 pm

The focus shouldn’t be on her hair it should be on the fact that the little girl is to close,& could die if that bear did decide to throw a rock at the glass what would her parents do then except blame theirselves for letting her go to close to the polor bear…

Tamera McElroy says:

June 26, 2012 at 1:04 pm

They would sue…

Wendy Aminzadeh says:

June 26, 2012 at 2:34 pm

they shouldnt let her that close in the first place.

Lori Caswell says:

September 3, 2012 at 7:19 pm

The polar bear who smashed the glass was not attempting to smash the glass, the break was most likely a accident while he was playing. The glass has to be exceptional strong to handle the stress of pressure from the thousands of gallons of water behind it. Most zoos who have polar bears have this kind of viewing area. It works as a enrichment for the bear as well as the people who are visiting. There has never been an incident where a polar bear in a zoo has smashed one of these windows and broken through to attack people.

Louise J. Mercier says:

June 9, 2012 at 6:04 pm

That would scare the hell out of me – just saw a video of a polar bear that used a large rock ro fracture glass of his enclosed pool…I don’t thtink they are stupid animals…..

Wendy Aminzadeh says:

June 22, 2012 at 3:49 pm

Louise.M. your kitten is so cute.

Nancy Prayin'girl DeGrie says:

July 2, 2012 at 3:34 pm

wow, that would be scary, Louise. was it a movie, or a real happening?

Louise J. Mercier says:

August 12, 2012 at 3:49 pm

real happening at a zoo somewhere

Bradford L Curry says:

September 11, 2012 at 8:49 pm

Actually polar Bears are smarter than most bears. They can track a prey over hundreds of miles of snow and ice. not to mention they are the largest bears in the world. They are ever larger than the Kodiak Grizzly!

Ann Heinle Novick says:

May 19, 2012 at 2:19 pm

On TV NEWS recently: a similarpictureoftige baby w/ gls between them ; very differen tpublic reaction to tha than this:people were horrified at the RISK k to the young chidl…NOT CUTE; DANGEROUS!

Rita Beatty says:

May 17, 2012 at 9:04 pm

Two observations here.If the glass is so safe why is there seepage around bottom? Marellen, A multitude of reasons.They are at a Zoo, who knows or cares how many times her gaurdian has had to pull her back thus far that day….Just saying!

R.j. Gleisner says:

October 14, 2012 at 5:49 pm

Just Fyi: its not seepage, its where they coated the sealant onto the rock too much. Better to be EXTRA sealed than risk a leak. If it was a leak, it would show running gravity marks as it IS on an incline. You can also see it around the right edge as well. It just turned the stone a darker color so that it LOOKS like water.