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Polar bears generally live and hunt alone, though they can be quite social too. They mainly eat seals – using their remarkable sense of smell they can detect a seal in the water beneath a metre of ...

The iconic Arctic species normally feed on ringed seals that they catch on ice ... around 3m long and can weigh close to 600kg. Polar bears can eat up to 45kg of blubber in one sitting.

Not only are polar bears carnivores (meaning they mostly eat meat), but they are the most carnivorous member of the bear family. They need lots of seal fat to survive and will consume on average 4 ...

Exhausted, it drags one leg slowly behind it, eventually trying to eat some ... quantities of seal meat and fat when available. Leo Ikakhik, who has spent years monitoring polar bears in Canada's ...

Rode notes that in recent years, ringed seals — one of the polar bears ... of pathogens affects the whole food chain. Some polar bears are eaten by people through subsistence hunting, Rode ...

The iconic Arctic species normally feed on ringed seals ... eating bird's eggs, berries and grass. However the animals rapidly lose weight on land, increasing the risk of death. 'Polar-bear ...