One polar bear at a zoo repeatedly tried to drown itself but was unsuccessful. It asked another polar bear to hold its head underwater until it died. The second polar bear obliged, killing the first polar bear in broad daylight as spectators watched. While people saw this as a tragedy, the author suggests it could have been a mercy killing, as the first polar bear was suffering from the pressures of captivity and wanted to end its life. Both polar bears ultimately died as a result of the incident.
24. Not in the privacy of night when the
zoo is closed, but in broad daylight
as the people watched and their
camera’s clicked and their flashes
flashed.
25. It’s almost like those polar bears
were trying to tell the people
something, doing the do in the
broad daylight like that.
27. The one polar bear didn’t leave a
note and the other polar bear didn’t
really understand anything. He was
just doing what the one polar bear
needed him to do.