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Hungry Polar Bear Pleads For Human Help After Getting Its Tongue Stuck In A Tin Can
The animal was unable to eat for several days.
A viral video has shown a polar bear pleading for human help in Dikson, Northern Russia, as it has been unable to eat after getting its tongue lodged in an empty can of condensed milk. It’s alleged the wild animal would never usually approach humans, but it has become so desperate from hunger.
The video also showed the animal with its hind legs shaking from thirst.
The bear likely found the tin can at a rubbish dump while scavenging for food. And according to a resident, the bear got so exhausted with the can that it was coming to humans and sticking its tongue out. The resident added: “But it was impossible to help without traumatizing the bear, so people gave up.”
A man had attempted to remove the sharp-edge can but couldn’t as the animal’s tongue was wedged profoundly.
But thankfully, a team of vets arrived at the remote village after a 2,125-mile air and road journey plagued by bad weather and managed to sedate the female polar bear and remove the tin can. “The polar bear was found some 1.9miles from Dikson airport. Vets managed to sedate her with the first shot and removed the tin can.”
“Now, one of the vets is treating multiple cuts on the bear’s tongue. The bear is a young female, weighing between 80 and 90kg,” Svetlana Radionova, Russian environmental watchdog, said.
The bear will be monitored for days and returned to its natural habitat with a stack of fish. “We have prepared 50kg of fish for the bear to help its recovery,” Svetlana Akulova, the general director of Moscow Zoo, said. However, Dikson, with a population of 676, is one of the world’s northern settlements, named after Swedish explorer Baron Oscar Dickson.
