Russian Scientist: Self-Cannibalism Among Polar Bears Is Becoming a Common Phenomenon, Male Bears Eat Female Bears, Female Bears Eat Cubs
According to World of Buzz news on February 29th, more and more polar bears are resorting to infanticide due to a lack of food sources, with situations of male bears eating female bears and female bears eating cubs occurring frequently.
Polar bears are one of the animals most affected by climate change, and as everyone knows, due to global warming, polar bears are losing their habitats.
As the ice melts and the ice caps shrink, polar bears are forced to leave their natural habitats to find food sources.
Recently, Russian scientist Mordvintsev publicly stated that the polar bears today, the phenomenon of infanticide is becoming more and more common in polar bears, in the Arctic, male bears will attack female bears, and female bears will attack other unguarded cubs, bear mothers even eat their own cubs in the most difficult periods!
According to him, although infanticide has occurred among polar bears in the past, this situation is very rare, recently, infanticide has become a very common phenomenon in polar bears in the Arctic.
According to reports from the British Daily Mail, polar bears like to use sea ice to hunt seals swimming in the water. However, due to rising temperatures, polar bears have lost the sea ice that allows them to rest during the hunt, so they are forced to change their food sources to survive.
Of course, in addition to the reduction of sea ice, human activities are another reason for polar bears to engage in infanticide.
Human fossil fuel extraction in the Arctic has destroyed many polar bear habitats. The hunting areas that polar bears used to hunt have become channels for human ships to transport liquefied natural gas.
Because humans have realized that the reduction of food sources is affecting the lives of polar bears, scientists have launched many surveys on this issue.
Recently, a study found that polar bears bury the animals they kill in the soil and snow, so that they can eat them again next time. This 'storage' behavior is common in bears, the purpose of polar bears is to avoid other bears eating their prey.
