Anyone know If they have Polar bears in Dublin Zoo?

jimbono1

Hi, I know they did a few years back, I want to take a girl there cos we both love them, Id say it wouldent be busy at this time of the year. I hear something about they got rid of them a few years back to create a bigger space for them, did they put them back?

AngryBadger

lmfao you're taking her to the zoo because you both love polar bears, i freaking love it. You sir, a re a genius.

BUt no, no I don't know if they have polar bears

J.R.HARTLEY

was there last year they said they'd moved them to hungary, the zoos around europe are moving the animals around to group them together and look after them in a better manner

solas

they did the last time I was there (about two years ago), I think they have a permenant home at the zoo.

edit: maybe not ^^

peterk19

Yea they still have them acording to the site good plan by the way

Hagar

Yes they do have polar bears.

Q. Why don't Polar Bears eat penguins?
A. Because they can't get the wrappers off.

nialldinho

They're listed on the virtual map but not in the section about the different animals.

Last time I was there (Summer 2004) the enclosure was empty and the sign said they had been moved to Hungary. I was quite surprised because it was a nice new enclosure that was a huge improvement on the old one.

Tobias Greeshman

Hagar wrote:

Q. Why don't Polar Bears eat penguins?
A. Because they can't get the wrappers off.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e364/silas_irl/Funny%20pics/funny-room.jpg

Dingatron

I have the family pass and I haven't seen them in the last year. They had gone senile anyway from being in the small enclosure and no wonder.

Hagar

Brilliant.
I do enjoy a good put down, even if it's me.

Mossy Monk

silas wrote:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e364/silas_irl/Funny%20pics/funny-room.jpg

excellent

jimbono1

AngryBadger wrote:

lmfao you're taking her to the zoo because you both love polar bears, i freaking love it. You sir, a re a genius.

BUt no, no I don't know if they have polar bears

Thanks, Im obsessed with Polar bears, I have dreams about having my own Polar bear security guard and it goes to the gym with me and lifts weights. I reckon theyd make great bouncers cos theyd have the size and be strict but fair. This girl I was to go with is class, I wouldent be able to take many girls to go see polar bears, it would be too untrendy, everythings too trendy nowadays

Dingatron wrote:

I have the family pass and I haven't seen them in the last year. They had gone senile anyway from being in the small enclosure and no wonder.

That's a pity. I phoned dublin zoo to ask but the line is closed. I wonder were the closest zoo is that has them, London zoo doesnt and It's ****e anyway. I m still hoping someone says theyve been recently and has seen them.

mickymg2003

I like polar bears aswel, can i tag along? No according to the website theres none.

nialldinho

Dingatron wrote:

I have the family pass and I haven't seen them in the last year. They had gone senile anyway from being in the small enclosure and no wonder.

I agree. The previous enclosure was terrible. That's where one of them went crazy years back and killed the cubs.

I was in the zoo in Tallinn, Estonia at the weekend and it's awful. Check out the poor bear in the pic. He wasn't happy at all. He was only 3 years old so I don't even know if he was fully grown. He probably was. The zoo have very little money but they are expanding as much and as often as they can afford to. Hopefully this guy will get an upgrade eventually. They are also very invovled in conserving Eastern European/Russian animals.

biko

OP hope you get to see something like this

DublinWriter

jimbono1 wrote:

Hi, I know they did a few years back, I want to take a girl there cos we both love them

Why? They are seriously the most vicious creature known to man. Ask your average Zoo-keeper which animal he'd fear getting out the most, and the answer will always be the polar bear!

I'm not kidding!

When Polar bears attack...

http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/902.html

When Polar bears attack II...

http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1129475102

Stick to the cuddly-wuddly pandas I think.

Wertz

nialldinho wrote:

They're listed on the virtual map but not in the section about the different animals.

Last time I was there (Summer 2004) the enclosure was empty and the sign said they had been moved to Hungary. I was quite surprised because it was a nice new enclosure that was a huge improvement on the old one.

I vividly recall as a child feeling so sorry for the two polar bears that had to endure that concrete pit with the seemingly stagnant water in in Dublin Zoo...
The sealions and penguins rocked though.

Binomate

My memories of the Polar Bear in Dublin zoo were of a pathethic looking filthy animal walking forwards and backwards driven to insanity. It was quite depressing to look at. The poor bear.

Asok

Break in at night and spray normal bears white!

that or still bring her and when you get there produce a polar bear teddy and say "I'm promised you polar bears" oooh yeahh thats smooth!


Or you could beat her into the bushes and rape her while making polar bear noises and wear fake polar bear paws.....snarf snarf

J.R.HARTLEY

Binomate wrote:

My memories of the Polar Bear in Dublin zoo were of a pathethic looking filthy animal walking forwards and backwards driven to insanity. It was quite depressing to look at. The poor bear.

thats why they were moved, the zoo underwent extensive work in the last five years, some animals were moved around, nowadays they don't have as many species but they have far more animals, they have loads of tigers etc and the enclosures are bigger, when they got the extra land they also moved around some animals, so now tigers have old tiger enclosure + old lion enclosure + old polar bear enclosure, ity's not as good as being in the wild, but with someof the animals being hunted to near extinction it's a good way to preserve and hopefully repopulate later.

N_Raid

There is a polar bear enclosure on the map but the last time i was there (Sunday) there were no polar bears. They also got rid of the elephants!!! They're in a zoo in Germany and Dublin zoo are getting breeding elephants in the next few months. And the meerkat thing is gone. They must be all over at the Restaurant. Damn meerkats are the best thing ever.

scuba steve

Nope, was there 2day actually and there was none there. It said somewhere in there tho that there were polar bears, but alas . . . . none

gaf1983

On the subject of animals we find at Dublin Zoo, I have a few questions regarding Penguins.

Do they have them in Dublin Zoo?
What's the security like around their area?
Would it be easy to kidnap one?
Would they fit in a rucksack?
Could it be possible to pass a penguin over the fence of the Phoenix Park to a friend waiting in a getaway car?
Do they make good pets?

Zapp Brannigan

gaf1983 wrote:

Do they make good pets?

I'd say the make good butlers, they're dressed for it anyway.

They'd at least be better than those troublesome monkeys....oh so many wasted nights plotting and scheming! :v:

Green_Martian

gaf1983 wrote:

On the subject of animals we find at Dublin Zoo, I have a few questions regarding Penguins.

Do they have them in Dublin Zoo?
What's the security like around their area?
Would it be easy to kidnap one?
Would they fit in a rucksack?
Could it be possible to pass a penguin over the fence of the Phoenix Park to a friend waiting in a getaway car?
Do they make good pets?

LMFAO........:D

monkeyfudge

Just to clear something up around penguins and polar bears...

They never actually encounter each other in the natural world. Penguins are at the south pole, while polar bears are at the north pole.

As for Dublin Zoo... my best friend has been campaigning tirelessly to get more money for it.

Here he is outside Leinster House:

http://www.monkeyfudge.com/images/protest2.jpg

The Fool

gaf1983 wrote:

On the subject of animals we find at Dublin Zoo, I have a few questions regarding Penguins.

Do they have them in Dublin Zoo?
What's the security like around their area?
Would it be easy to kidnap one?
Would they fit in a rucksack?
Could it be possible to pass a penguin over the fence of the Phoenix Park to a friend waiting in a getaway car?
Do they make good pets?