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July 13, 2011
July 13, 2011
Polar Bear With Whale Bone
Photograph by Florian Schulz
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
Ashore on Svalbard, a male polar bear investigates a whale's backbone. Fat reserves from hunting ringed and bearded seals, and sometimes walruses, must carry bears through lean summers.
See more pictures from the July 2011 feature story "On Thin Ice".
See more pictures of polar bears »
See pictures of the North and South Poles »
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