Polar bears are not after all trying desperately to escape the Arctic.
The presenter of ITV’s West Country breakfast bulletin informed astonished viewers that an animal more commonly spotted near the North Pole had turned up in the seaside town of Bude. Video footage showed a large, white beast lying on the shore.
“A walker in Cornwall has caught an extraordinary sight on camera. A polar bear has washed up on a beach near Bude,” an excited Miss Naomi Lloyd said. “The bear comes from the Arctic Circle and an investigation is under way as to how it could have ended up there.”
Closer inspection revealed that the polar bear was, in fact, a cow. The farm animal had been bleached white by sea water.
Tags: Arctic Circle, Cornwall, Polar bear
