{"id":352,"date":"2018-03-19T08:59:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T08:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polaarium.tallinnzoo.ee\/?page_id=352"},"modified":"2018-03-20T14:37:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T14:37:41","slug":"diet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/polaarium.tallinnzoo.ee\/en\/diet\/","title":{"rendered":"Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>MAIN FOOD OF POLAR BEARS<\/h3>\n<p>The<b>\u00a0<\/b>favourite prey<b>\u00a0<\/b>for\u00a0polar bears<b>\u00a0<\/b>are pinnipeds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-170 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/polaarium.tallinnzoo.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/viiger-150x150.png\" alt=\"Viigerh\u00fcljes\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ringed seal (<i>Pusa hispida)<\/i> has a circumpolar distribution throughout the Arctic and is polar bears\u2019 primary prey. Being relatively small, it can be preyed upon by bears of any age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-168 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/polaarium.tallinnzoo.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/habe-150x150.png\" alt=\"habehuljes\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bearded seal (<i>Erignathus barbatus<\/i>) is the second major food source for polar bears. It is larger than the ringed seal and can be captured mostly by bigger specimens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-171 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/polaarium.tallinnzoo.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/grooni-150x150.png\" alt=\"Gr\u00f6\u00f6ni h\u00fcljes\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Greenland seal\/Harp seal<b> <\/b>(<i>Pagophilus groenlandicus<\/i>) is the most numerous seal species in the Arctic. They are social animals and form large colonies on drifting ice floes during breeding season. Their pups are easy prey for polar bears.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-169 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/polaarium.tallinnzoo.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/morsk-150x150.png\" alt=\"morsk\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Walrus (<i>Odobenus rosmarus<\/i>), the largest pinniped of the Artcic, is preyed upon rarely. Hunting for walruses is risky for polar bears and only giant males can succeed.<\/p>\n<p>Whales are commonly too big\u00a0a<b>\u00a0<\/b>mouthful for a polar bear. But occasionally they can be captured when having come to polynyas to breathe and surrounded by ice, not being able to escape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAIN FOOD OF POLAR BEARS The\u00a0favourite prey\u00a0for\u00a0polar bears\u00a0are pinnipeds. Ringed seal (Pusa hispida) has a circumpolar distribution throughout the Arctic and is polar bears\u2019 primary prey. Being relatively small, it can be preyed upon by bears of any age. \u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) is the second major food source for polar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page4.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polaarium.tallinnzoo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polaarium.tallinnzoo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polaarium.tallinnzoo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polaarium.tallinnzoo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polaarium.tallinnzoo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/polaarium.tallinnzoo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polaarium.tallinnzoo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}