Maxillary anterior teeth and incisors of a polar bear, Ursus maritimus, a carnivorous bear native largely within the Arctic Circle encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. Living most of the time on the sea ice and hunting for seals.
Second molar tooth and roots of a polar bear, Ursus maritimus, a carnivorous bear native largely within the Arctic Circle encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. Living most of the time on the sea ice and hunting for seals.
In this podcast, host Ari Daniel Shapiro relates two close calls with polar bears. Listen as Heather Cray recalls how, dumped by a storm on a small Arctic island, she got an unexpected wake-up call. And when researcher Steve Amstrup accidentally crashed through the roof of a polar bear’s den, no one could predict what happened next. Photo credit: Sea Mammal Research Unit, World Register of Marine Species Download a transcript of this podcastread moreDuration: 4:37Published: Wed, 18 May 2011 18:10:15 +0000
