Polar Bear

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Incredible moment polar bears fight it out over prey but then decide to share bloody carcass instead.

THIS is the extraordinary moment three hungry polar bears ferociously fought each other for food – before eventually deciding to share a meal together.

The huge bears were spotted battling for survival in Svalbard, Norway, before appearing to call a truce.



The huge bears fought each other over the carcass, before deciding to peacefully share


A Swedish photographer captured beautiful pictures of the blood-splattered animals

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It appears that the idea that polar bears will overheat if they run too fast at any distance is true (Taylor et al., 1985). This study also records a couple instances of adults being killed by other adults.

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Fitzgerald (2013)

There are many reports of how intelligent polar bears are. Multiple accounts exist of bears using adjoining surfaces to climb on to roofs or to get to food objects. They seem particularly resourceful at gaining entry to structures by battering windows or doors. If appropriate studies are conducted, it would not be surprising if these animals had better problem-solving abilities than ever expected.

Certainly, one of the most observed polar bear behaviors is the ritualized wrestling matches displayed by young adult and subadult males. During these fantastic encounters usually neither of the participants is hurt. In these mock battles, the males mime serious combat but generally the play fighting results in no injuries. The bouts usually continue for less than 5 minutes with the bears dramatically rising up on their hind legs with the jaws open and the paws held against the body. There may be considerable pushing with forepaws on the chest of the opponent in an attempt to push him over. Often, the bears appear to be dancing, wrapping forearms around the opponent and like sumo wrestlers, trying to push the other animal off balance. Bites may be directed to the other male's neck and shoulder but they are not real bites meant to cause damage. The males usually initiate play fights with other males of similar or smaller size. The matches generally finish with the loser running quickly away. These “fights” are witnessed so often in the western Hudson Bay population (much to the delight of scores of ecotourists in tundra buggies) that it is thought to have a critical biological function. It is believed this behavior heightens the bears ability to assess the strength required for serious fights with rival males. The perfection of these skills would be crucial for future reproductive success when actually competing for receptive females during breeding season. The largest, oldest, experienced males do not engage in these play fights. Female polar bears have not been observed displaying ritualized fighting behavior.

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Reports of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) killing walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) with tools (i.e., stones or pieces of ice) have been verbally communicated to explorers and naturalists by their Inuit guides since the late 1700s. These reports are based on accounts of firsthand observations or on the interpretation of tracks in the snow made by the Inuit hunters who first reported the sightings. We summarize 1) observations made by Inuit hunters to early explorers and naturalists about polar bears using tools, 2) more recent documentation in the literature from Inuit hunters and scientists, and 3) recent observations of a polar bear in a zoo spontaneously using tools in order to assess the possibility that polar bears may occasionally use tools to hunt walruses in the wild.