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'Starving' Polar Bear Wanders Into Siberian Town

Residents in the town of Norilsk in northern Siberia were surprised to see the female bear, who reportedly appeared to be exhausted and looking for food.
A stray polar bear is seen in the industrial city of Norilsk, Russia, on Monday.

A polar bear described as "starving and exhausted" and looking for food has strayed into a city in Russia's northern Siberia, hundreds of miles from the animal's natural Arctic range.

According to , the

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