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8 August 2021 / NNSL Media
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When polar bears hunt snow geese, hunger justifies the means

Bylot Island, Nunavut Canada

At this time of year, the geese are moulting — and therefore unable to fly — so they congregate near ponds to avoid the Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), which is reluctant to jump into the water. But the bear was about to use a new hunting technique: he dove under the water, disappeared from the eyes of the geese who had stopped fleeing, and emerged from underneath one of them.


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