This it the heartwarming moment a starving polar bear whose tongue became caught inside a tin can was dramatically rescued.
The female called Monetochka had sought human help after the sharp-edged condensed milk container got wedged to her tongue.
A team of rescuers flew 2,125 miles from Moscow to reach the Arctic port of Dikson, one of the world’s remotest settlements, where the bear had pleaded with residents for help.
Chief veterinarian of the Moscow Zoo Mikhail Alshinetsky tends to…