Catching Polar Bears
A biologist from the North Pole was showing a new recruit the ropes of a polar bear radio tracking program. The new recruit said:
- I know how the transmitters work, but I have one question--how do you catch the polar bears in the first place?
- I bet you use high-powered tranquilizer dart guns, right?
- Oh no! - the experienced biologist replied.
- we use an ancient Eskimo technique, developed centuries ago. First, we dig a huge hole in the ice. Next, we place a circle of green peas all the way around the hole.
- Then, we go hide behind some ice blocks and wait. Finally, when a polar bear comes up to take a pea, we kick him in the ice-hole!!!