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Seals and birds make up most of the polar bears’ diet. They need the fatty blubber from these animals for energy and to build weight to survive the winter.

The Hunt At roughly 1,000 pounds (454 kg), polar bears are the Earth’s largest land carnivore. Other species of bears eat lots of plants, but in theArctic, there isn’t enough vegetation to support a polar