 "Hey, Buddy - Can You Spare a Seal?" Bagging seals on the polar ice pack is an unpredictable business. When a polar bear is hungry, it can't just walk on down to the market and pick up a bag of seals. Eating is often a case of "feast or famine". The bears seldom bypass an opportunity to grab an unsuspecting seal, although most attempts at grabbing a meal are unsuccessful. If a bear is on a lucky streak, it may be inclined to share. To beg food from another bear, a polar bear will approach slowly, circle around the carcass, and then meekly offer a nose-to-nose greeting. Bears who observe proper manners are frequently allowed to share a kill. This "manners" business seems to work well in the human world as well.
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DICTIONARY: Just "double-click" any unlinked word on this page for the definition from Merriam-Webster's Student Electronic Dictionary at Word Central. |
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ARCTIC LIBRARY & GLOSSARY: Check this section for an index of the rest of the things you really need to know about the Arctic. |
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ARCTIC MAPS & WEATHER REPORTS: Maps of the Northwest Passage, explorers' routes, iceberg sources, Nunavut, the Arctic by treeline, temperature... |
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ARCTIC LINKS: Even more information! Links to sites related to the Arctic and "Iceberg: the Story of the Throps and the Squallhoots". |
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GUIDE TO ARCTIC SUNRISE & SUNSET: How much sunlight or darkness is there in the Arctic on each day of the year? |
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