People had the funniest responses to the BBC using a polar bear to explain the size of an archaeological find – 21 we think you’ll really dig
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Wow, for those of you living outside the Arctic that's 3,200 chipmunks!
— Hypersane24 (@hypersane24) January 7, 2025
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A polar bear?
Come on, it only looks to be as heavy as a manatee at best
— Hypersane24 (@hypersane24) January 7, 2025
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How heavy is "a polar bear" and please don't say "about the same as a Roman coffin"
— Rich Harle (@RJHarle) January 7, 2025
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New SI unit of measurement just dropped.
I for one am happy, I always found the old system (London buses, football pitches, trips to the moon and back, and the area of Wales) very confusing. pic.twitter.com/VZ8gVXArQ1
— Tāwhaki the Penguin God (@GhostOfOrwell84) January 7, 2025
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Never any fucking polar bears around to lift up, just when you need them https://t.co/sZX7lDu6mt
— Martiñio (@redmartinio) January 8, 2025
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Metric or imperial polar bears tho ♂️ https://t.co/GJQQUSJRJW
— James C Warne (@JamesCWarne) January 8, 2025
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Or, 35 badgers in old money. https://t.co/ApmeiIsowB
— wasnonowYES (@proscot4indy) January 8, 2025
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SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT
metric
imperial
❄️ Arctic https://t.co/tx1uBm9Ppd— Mark Lewis, MD, FASCO (@marklewismd) January 8, 2025
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Is that an unladen polar bear?
— Sir Richard D Mountbasket️️⚧️ (@RichMountbasket) January 7, 2025
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That's a lot of weight for a coffin that is 10 cats long and 2 cats wide
— Sir Dig A Lot (@SirDigALot) January 8, 2025
Several people had the same thought. This one –
Who the fuck decided the measurement to use in this article? Alex Horne? https://t.co/QuipaNMCpl
— Mark Grimshaw (@MarkGComedyUK) January 8, 2025
This is why –
The comments must have got to the BBC News team, because they changed the headline.
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