>...snipped...By the time rescuers reached them they were all dead, not from the cold but from having eaten the livers of polar bears they'd shot for food. Recollections are dim now, but I recall that these livers are loaded with one of the vitamins, such as D or E which in high concentrations are fatal, but the victims didn't know that......Anybody else remember this? Polar bear livers are very high in vitamin A, which is one of the fat-soluble vitamins; in high doses it is toxic and even lethal. Regards, Leander leander_at_worldnet.att.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Nov 10 1999 - 11:25:38 PST
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