Baby Polar Bear |
As far as food is concerned, the Polar Bear's favorite food is the ringed seal. They lie in wait for them as the seals appear at the surface of the water to breathe at openings in the ice. Having said that, they'll have more or less anything that's nutritious and doesn't take too much energy to catch. The bears also have an astounding sense of smell - hence the reason why the cameraman below got a little caught up!
They also use their perfect adaptions to make the most out of life on the ice. They use their large front paws which are slightly webbed to swim around the ice. Their thick coat of insulated fur means that the bear can live an extremely comfortable life in one of the planet's coldest environments. Unlike many other bears they also have fur which grows on the underside of their paws to increase their grip on the ice.
Here's some rather crazy footage of a Polar Bear getting rather too close to a Scottish Wildlife cameraman.
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