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And if the seal group remains calm, the bear will slowly advance downwind of its targets until it is close enough to attack.Īn adult polar bear’s diet is centred on seal blubber and skin, which are full of calories. If a polar bear spots seals already on the ice, it will lie down about 90 metres (900 feet) away. You can guess what happens when one does.
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Polar bears are not fast enough to keep up with seals in the water, so they crouch by these leads and wait for a seal to pop its head out. They often swim vast distances, following their powerful senses of smell to openings in the ice (called leads) where swimming seals surface for air. Not particularly swift on foot, these bears usually rely on stealth to sneak up on their prey. The mainstay of the polar bear diet is bearded seal and ringed seal. Whatever the name, polar bears were always addressed with respect. The Inuit named them “wandering ones,” the Kets call them “grandfathers,” and British naval officer CJ Phipps first gave them the scientific binomial name, Ursus maritimus, meaning “sea bear.” Instead, they referred to polar bears indirectly as the “old men in the fur coat” or “God’s dogs.” Historic Laplanders feared and respected the polar bear so much that they refused to speak its name for fear of angering it. Weight: From 300 kg (661 lbs) for females to more than 700 kg (1,543 lbs) for malesĭiet: Mainly seal but also musk ox, reindeer, birds and bird eggs, whale carcass, walrus, other polar bears, and plantsĪppearance: White and yellow-white with black noses Background on the polar bear
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