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• Polar bears are curious animals. They often stand up on their hind legs to get a better look or sniff things. They will follow the tracks of snow vehicles for miles. Like all animals, they have to rely on their senses to find food and fend off suprise attacks. Polar bears do not have very good eyesight. Luckily their sense of smeill is excellent. Polar bears can smell a tasty seal from far away!
• Polar bears hunt alone. Their favorite food is seal meat, and they are especially fond of ringed seals. Polar bears stalk seals quietly and carefully. They crawl after them on their bellies, slipping in and out of the water between ice floes. Polar bears have to attack on land because the seals are much too quick for them in the water. Polar bears only eat part of the seals. They leave the rest for Arctic foxes to eat.
• Polar bears are carnivorous, or meat-eating. In the summer months they sometimes eat leaves and berries, but they prefer meat. Polar bears eat about 8 pounds of meat each day. They eat all kinds of seals, fish, and other smaller sea mammals. Polar bears sometimes attack walus herds. The walruses run to the sea for safety. Any that are left behind become easy prey for the polar bear.
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