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Letter: Polar p-p-p-pick up

Published 28 March 2012

From Carl Zetie

Neil Padley suggests relocating polar bears to Antarctica, and wonders how many penguins a bear could eat (18 February, p 33).

The answer, as any British child knows, is none. Their paws are too clumsy to get the wrappers off.

The editor writes:

• For non-UK readers, a Penguin is a chocolate-coated biscuit bar.

Waterford, Virginia, US

Issue no. 2858 published 31 March 2012

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