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A polar bear has one of the best noses in the entire world and are well known to have an incredible sense of smell! Polar bears have been seen walking in a straight line for 20 miles to food with only their nose to guide them. Polar bears have also sniffed out a seal ten football fields away that was hidden under 1m ,3', of ice!!

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A bear has a good sense of smell because he or she needs to protect there selves and their family.Also they need to know when you are around so they can threten you to get away or so they can hide

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Because eyes are not of much use during a snowstorm and sometimes their prey is buried underground so they need to have a good sense of smell so they can find it.

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It helps it smell out potential food sources from a great distance. Bears need to eat to put on weight for hibernation. Without food they will starve.

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It helps them find food from a great distance and to locate food sources quickly.

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Very strong. It can smell a seal under ice over a mile away.

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