[CINC] BBC E-mail: Polar bear 'cannibalism' pictured

[Anthony Lombardi]

I think the storyline is very misrepresenting of the story, this is not a story of climate change, but a hungry, oppurtunistic animal.  My point is that polar bear and bear populations across the globe as well as many other species have seen cannibalism.  Look at the grizzllies, males that are hungry will go after and eat a cub, just as would a polar bear.  You have baboons eating chimpanzees,  lions eating cubs of other prides etc..... It's not a climate change issue!   Remember reading the story of the photographer that took the picture of the polar bear clinging to the piece of ice in the ice flow on the front cover of a very well know magazine, and the headline was global warming or climate change and all of a sudden everyones hearts were melting as fast as the glaciers, blah.  Then later come to find out he admitted the picture was taken during the summer melt.  Pictures can be quite deceiving just like the media.

--- On Thu, 12/8/11, Catherine French <cfrench1366 at aol.com> wrote:

From: Catherine French <cfrench1366 at aol.com>
Subject: [CINC] BBC E-mail: Polar bear 'cannibalism' pictured
To: "CINC Rain List" <channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org>
Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011, 8:29 AM

This is gruesome but understandable. It's all about food in the animal kingdom. Fits into discussions about climate change.

I saw this story on the BBC News iPad App and thought you should see it.



** Polar bear 'cannibalism' pictured **
A photojournalist snaps an image of cannibalism among polar bears - a situation that is becoming more common as sea ice dwindles.
< http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16081214 >


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