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A low, orange sun shines on a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and her cub.

Found throughout Arctic regions, the polar bear can swim miles from land or ice packs. Seal constitutes the majority of the polar bear's diet, but the bears aren't picky eaters: They will also eat fish, seaweed, caribou, grass, birds, and even stranded whales.

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Photo gallery by Chelsea Lane-Miller
—Photograph by Flip Nicklin, copyright National Geographic Society
 

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