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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Question this calculation and you're worse than Hitler: A polar bear allegedly needs to eat more than 300 2-kilogram snow geese (1,320 pounds) to power itself for one hour of running

Arctic ecology: Sacred geese | The Economist
...a quick calculation comparing the cost of doing so with the energetic gain from success suggests such hunts are not usually worth the effort.  To make a profit, the argument goes, a polar bear weighing 320kg (700lb, the average for an adult) must, if hunting a 2kg goose, make its kill in less than 12 seconds.

1 comment:

  1. It's the 2 hours spent getting feathers out of the teeth that is the killer.

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