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Thom Yorke

Well, my son really loves wildlife. And everytime he draws a polar bear I want to tell him there probably won't any by the time... he's my age. That's kinda hard to deal with.

Thom Yorke

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Thom Yorke is expressing sadness because his son’s passion for drawing polar bears clashes with the harsh reality that these animals may be extinct by the time his son reaches Thom’s current age. This creates a difficult emotional conflict between hope for the future and the threat of environmental loss.

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