A necropsy has shown that a polar bear at a zoo in Western Canada died by drowning after his throat was crushed by a fellow bear in rough play considered normal for the massive predators.
CALGARY, Alberta — A necropsy has shown that a polar bear at a zoo in western Canada died by drowning after his throat was crushed by a fellow bear in rough play considered normal for the massive predators.
The 8-year-old bear apparently bit down on the 7-year-old’s trachea and while the bite didn’t pierce Baffin’s skin, it was hard enough and in just the right place to crush his trachea, zoo senior veterinarian Sandie Black said.
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