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polar bear (Ursus maritimus), ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata), Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)
| Subject: | polar bear (Ursus maritimus), ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata), Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)
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Title A polar bear is devouring its prey, a seal, on an ice floe
A polar bear is devouring its prey, a seal, on an ice floe in the Arctic sea while three arctic foxes watch eagerly from an adjacent ice floe. Colour line block.
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Gallery: http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/V0021374.html
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The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It has evolved to occupy a narrower ecological niche, with many body characteristics adapted for cold temperatures, for moving across snow, ice and open water, and for hunting seals, which make up most of its diet.
The ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata) is a medium-sized pinniped from the true seal family (Phocidae). A seasonally ice-bound species, it is found in the Arctic and Subarctic regions of the North Pacific Ocean, notably in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk.
The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox, is a small fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Arctic tundra biome. |
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