What’s
worse than a polar bear with a toothache? I don’t know, since it’s not a
joke. It’s the story of Boris, a polar bear at the Point Defiance Zoo
and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Boris is 29 years old, twice the
average lifespan of a polar bear in the wild. He came to the zoo after
he was rescued from a traveling circus. But his dental problems caught
up with him, and a team of courageous veterinarians and assistants performed surgery on Boris to remove three rotten teeth. Sure, the bear was anesthetized, you’d still have to wonder every second how well that was working.
Saturday, February 14, 2015
World’s Bravest Tooth Extraction
What’s
worse than a polar bear with a toothache? I don’t know, since it’s not a
joke. It’s the story of Boris, a polar bear at the Point Defiance Zoo
and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Boris is 29 years old, twice the
average lifespan of a polar bear in the wild. He came to the zoo after
he was rescued from a traveling circus. But his dental problems caught
up with him, and a team of courageous veterinarians and assistants performed surgery on Boris to remove three rotten teeth. Sure, the bear was anesthetized, you’d still have to wonder every second how well that was working.
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