In Canada's Arctic, photographers captured a rare scene: a polar bear jumped into the sea and easily killed a beluga whale twice its size.
In the cold and vast Arctic seas, there is a magical and unique sea creature - beluga whale, this "pearl" of the sea is white and flawless, like an elegant dancer dancing in the vast sea, they live in groups, exchange beautiful whale songs with each other, so it is also known as the "canary of the sea".
Most people can only head to the aquarium to see beluga whales in person, and if you look closely, you will see that keepers often feed beluga whales on ice.
This is because beluga whales often live at a height of about 50 meters above the sea surface, and the water temperature here is about 7 degrees, and the temperature in the ocean view is high, coupled with the heat generated when eating, which will affect its body, so keepers often mix it with ice cubes to feed it.
Although beluga whales are huge, reaching nearly five meters in length and weighing about 1.5 tons in adulthood, they have a docile and non-aggressive temperament, like a large amiable man.
The Arctic is a paradise for beluga whales, where the white coat of the beluga whale complements the environment.
They feed on salmon, cod, squid, etc., and use their protruding snouts to "spit water" to find hidden prey, their teeth are as hard and powerful as nails, and they can easily tear through their prey, and their "foreheads" emit sound waves that allow beluga whales to navigate freely in snow-covered waters.
Beluga whales reproduce slowly, females give birth to a young every three years, and newborns are grayish-brown and take 7 to 9 years for their skin to turn white.
In the Arctic region, there are also huge polar bears, polar bears are about 2.5 meters long and weigh about 800 catties, and their bite force is amazing, and they can even bite through the head of a beluga whale.
Polar bears have long relied on ice to hunt seals, seagulls and other prey, but as the climate warms, the ice gradually melts, and it often disappears in the summer. Polar bears have lost their hunting grounds, have limited range of movement, and face the threat of starvation.
And polar bears are not like other bears, they do not store food, this habit of "drinking today and getting drunk tomorrow" has become their disadvantage at the moment of environmental degradation, but they have not given up, and gradually, polar bears have begun to find a new way to survive.
Witnesses have observed that polar bears' fur has become grayish and black, and their fur has become longer and denser, a change that allows them to absorb heat better and retain heat better.
In the ocean, more and more polar bears are preying on beluga whales, and even starting to eat food such as plants, algae and berries, and even a few more polar bears have learned the art of using stones to attack their prey!
And in 2019, a British documentary showed a polar bear watching carefully from the shore, then jumping into the sea at the right time, and finally successfully hunted a beluga whale!
At present, the number of polar bears is still decreasing, the climate is deteriorating, and the ice is melting at an accelerated rate, which may lead to the tragic fate of the king's extinction.
In the face of severe environmental challenges, they have survived tenaciously in their own way, defending the vitality and vitality of this land.
Source: "Polar Bear Launches Water to Hunt Beluga Dick, Climate Change Forces It to Find New Prey" Check out the news Knews
