{"id":1064194,"date":"2021-11-29T10:14:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T15:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1064194"},"modified":"2021-11-29T10:14:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T15:14:19","slug":"polar-bear-eating-reindeer-proposed-as-evidence-of-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/polar-bear-eating-reindeer-proposed-as-evidence-of-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar Bear Eating Reindeer Proposed as \u2018Evidence of Climate Change\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolar-bear-eating-reindeer-proposed-as-evidence-of-climate-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1064194&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">It appears \u201cpolar bears are being forced to change their eating habits\u201d thanks to global warming, alarmists at Euronews announced Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/11\/28\/film-of-polar-bear-eating-reindeer-seen-as-evidence-of-climate-change\">article<\/a> cites video footage of a single polar bear chasing a reindeer into the water and killing it in Norway\u2019s Svalbard archipelago, warning that the incident represents \u201canother stark indication of climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cRetreating sea ice leaves bears stranded on land for longer periods,\u201d the article declares, and thus, \u201cwith fewer seals and a steadily rising reindeer population in Svalbard\u201d polar bears are obliged to change their diet in favor of reindeer.<\/p>\n<p>The video, taken by a research team from a Polish scientific station, suggests \u201cpolar bears are increasingly preying on land-based animals to make up for their limited access to their normal diet,\u201d it asserts.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Film of polar bear eating reindeer seen as evidence of climate change\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dOaLjhgUEDE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Eating reindeer has become a matter of both \u201cnecessity and opportunity\u201d for polar bears, but \u201cit is largely being seen as yet further evidence of a changing climate,\u201d the article laments.<\/p>\n<p>The reindeer population in Svalbard has been rising steadily ever since 1925, when a hunting ban assured their protection from humans, meaning that now some 300 bears live alongside around 20,000 reindeer.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Michigan <a href=\"https:\/\/animaldiversity.org\/accounts\/Ursus_maritimus\/\">notes<\/a> the dietary flexibility of polar bears, asserting they will eat birds, mammals, fish, eggs, carrion, as they may become available.<\/p>\n<p>A 1975 study of the eating habits of polar bears in the Southwest Hudson Bay found that bird remains \u201cdominated the sample,\u201d among which oldsquaw ducks were the most common. The study noted that polar bears in Svalbard also \u201ctake adult seabirds, young, and eggs when the opportunity arises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Research from the year 2000 similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/225349127_Predation_of_Svalbard_reindeer_by_polar_bears\">found<\/a> polar bears are \u201copportunistic\u201d and will prey on whatever presents itself.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18928386\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1235114162.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18928386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1235114162-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A polar bear is seen in Essen Bay off the coast of Prince George Land \u2013 an island in the Franz Josef Land archipelago \u2013 on August 22, 2021. (EKATERINA ANISIMOVA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reporting specifically on \u201cobservations of polar bears preying and scavenging on Svalbard reindeer,\u201d the study suggested \u201cbehavioural plasticity in response to a novel prey item.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The distribution of polar bears \u201cover-laps with that of two large terrestrial mammals, reindeer and muskox,\u201d the paper found, noting that polar bears have been reported to feed on both reindeer and muskox in Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>The paper documented numerous cases of polar bears in Svalbard feeding on reindeer, with reports going back to 1945, which might suggest to a discerning reader that a single video of a polar bear eating a reindeer in 2021 hardly constitutes evidence of climate change or anything else.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears \u201cpolar bears are being forced to change their eating habits\u201d thanks to global warming, alarmists at Euronews announced Sunday. 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