Dear All,
This is an interesting story about a brown bear from Iran that was
adopted by the Polish Army that was mentioned on the Australian
Broadcasting Commission (ABC) News. In the full story is at:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/27/2147412.htm
the bear is described as being 1.8 metres and 113 kilograms.
However, when the Washington Post ran the same story at:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/2008/01/
voytek_the_soldier_bear_of_pol_1.html
they chose to remove any references to metres and kilograms
presumably to protect the good citizens of the USA from these foreign
influences.
Most other sources for this story (and there are many - it's a great
story) chose to use rather clumsy constructions like:
Voytek, a 113-kilogram, 1,8-metre (249-pound, nearly six feet) brown
bear, was adopted by the Poles after they found it in Iran in 1943. ...
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
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Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
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