Craig Welch
Joseph Goebbels
Posted on 10/11/2018 7:04:32 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Climate change is bringing the heat for polar bears - and things are not looking good. The latest development? A shift in their diet, which may soon include regular gorging on blubbery whale carcasses, scientists say.
And, as Craig Welch reports for National Geographic, humans are to blame. The planet’s rising temperatures are steadily melting northerly sea ice, which Arctic polar bears depend on to access their favorite seal-flavored suppers. During the warmer months, when the ice sheets shatter, some bears simply fast on land, waiting until hunting bridges freeze again.
But with each passing year, the number of toasty days climbs, diminishing the amount of time that polar bears are able to spend trekking on ice cover. Disoriented and stranded ashore, they’re being inadvertently starved. And the effects are becoming alarmingly clear: Some bears are experiencing stunted growth and lifespan, and birthing fewer cubs, Welch reports.
As the planet continues to shift, these changes in behavior probably won’t stop here. Unable to hunt their typical prey - fatty ringed seals - polar bears may turn to scavenging the Arctic equivalent of roadkill: whales.
(Excerpt) Read more at smithsonianmag.com ...
Craig Welch
Joseph Goebbels
You won’t hear the polar bears bitching about it.
Polar Bears have always eaten whales.
Seals in arctic are as common as deer. We aren’t going to run out of seals anytime soon.
Didn’t that well renowned global scientist Dr. Algore tell us the Arctic Ocean was going to be ice free by the beginning of this century? Talk about moving the goalposts! A hundred years from now when we’re all gone Americans of the 22nd Century will still be hearing this BS from the UN that if they don’t stop global warming there will be no ice left, etc... Thisnis a never ending lie!
Polar Bears will have a Whale of a time
Not necessarily an entirely bad turn of events.
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Seeking to derive power from fear, they use LIES.
This is total nonsense. 1st of all polar bear populations are increasing. Next, of course polar bears would eat a whale carcass or any other they come upon. I’m sure they do already. But the amazing thing about this article is the author is saying it might happen not that it is happening.
I thought the recent news is that climate change is going to kill us all. But now we’re dialing that back and worrying about polar bears eating whales? (Which I’m pretty sure they already do.)
The Smithsonian was taken over by FAR left radicals a while ago. Another US institution hijacked and rotted out at the core.
How can a bear hold its breath and eat a whole whale. /s
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3695599/posts
So which is it, apocalypse now or the non-issue of polar bears continuing to eat whales?
BTW, Oldeconomybuyer, I like your new habit of double-picturing propagandists.
Genetically modified, monster Polars Bears may soon roam the streets of New York City, feasting on the bloated corpses of immigrants, woman Muslims and vulnerable young people of color who have died on the streets because of Trump’s hate!!
Climate changes are normal. Acclimating to climate changes are necessary. Read the “Clan of the Cave Bear” series. Climate happens. It’s pollution that is a big threat to the environment, not to the climate, but the environment.
How could polar bears eat whales? “Scientists” told me polar bears couldn’t swim.
Wait a minute I thought polar bears were supposed to starve because of global warming. And now they’re going to get fat? I can’t keep up.
How are the polar bears going to catch the whales if the seas rise?
Should have been all the sharks are going to eat the drown polar bears.
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