60840, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – Wednesday May 11, 2011. **EXCLUSIVE** A POLAR STARE – STUNNING UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPH OF HUGE BEAST CAUGHT ON ”POLAR-CAM”. This amazing photograph shows a 500lbs polar bear as she dives into the water and comes face-to-face with ‘Polar Cam’. The polar bear – called Tatqiq – was caught on film up close and personal with a camera at San Diego Zoo in California. Her keepers say the eight-year-old creature regularly leaps into her pool ”’like an Olympic diver”. During one recent dive into the zoo’s Polar Bear Plunge, Tatqiq’s majestic face was captured on the underwater ‘Polar Cam’. Staff say she is so graceful she is nicknamed ”The Princess” and is a regular swimmer with brother Kalluk, who weighs nearly 1,000 llbs. A spokesman said: ”Compared to her brother, Tatqiq is decidedly petite at a svelte 561 pounds. ”She is ever graceful, and dives into the pool with black paws pointed like an Olympic diver. ”She swims with sleek, smooth strokes but despite her dainty size Tatqiq

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