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Polar Bear Sneak Attack

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On the ice floes, polar bears have to use a completely different hunting technique. By fully submerging underwater, this polar bear mother attempts a sneak attack on an unsuspecting seal.

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On the ice flows, polar bears have to use a completely different hunting technique - - she must ambush them from the water.

Stealth is essential.

Pin-pointing the seal requires deadly accuracy.

For most of the hunt, our quarry will be out of sight.

She must close the distance without being spotted.

Submerging makes her invisible.

She can calculate the exact spot where the seal can be found.

The seal doesn't suspect a thing... Except for one small problem, or rather two.

The mother wonders where it all went wrong.

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