Katie Florko
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You know, they're avoiding these risky areas when they can.
But I think that at a certain point, they can't always avoid polar bears.
You know, they live in the same habitat as the bears and the bears that are looking for them.
And so it seems like when they are under this pressure, they're mitigating the risk by modifying their diets.
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What's not to love?
Seals are such a cool animal.
They're mesopredators.
That's what we call middle predators.
So that means that they are predators.
You know, they eat fish and invertebrates.
And so they're the source of fear for many animals.
But they are also prey themselves.
to polar bears primarily.
And so they're balancing both of these sides of the equation.
They're balancing finding food and avoiding becoming food.
So they're a really cool animal.
It definitely is more complicated.
There's nuances to these relationships, of course.