When you’re hungry, but the fridge is nearly bare, what do you do? Reach for some eggs, of course. As the Local reports, polar bears in Svalbard, Norway have come to the same conclusion after being forced out of their regular hunting grounds by melting sea ice.
Traditionally, polar bears travel up to the frozen Arctic for the spring, where they hang out on ice and hunt for blubbery ringed seals until the floes melt and they return to land. But as Arctic sea ice dwindles, and the bears lose their favorite hunting ground earlier and earlier in the year, they’ve been turning to alternative food sources. Often, this means eggs—which, like seals, are rich…
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