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They can easily smell a whale carcass 20 miles away or seals up to 6' beneath the snow and ice. This will depend on whether the animal is dead, which way the wind is going, if it is under the ice, if the polar bear can smell well, etc.
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∙ 12y agoOnly up to a mile, maybe a little more depending on which way the wind is blowing.
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∙ 10y agoWith their keen sense of smell, polar bears can detect prey from as far away as 20 miles, even through snow or ice that is six feet thick. See the related link below.
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∙ 11y agoThe average polar bear can smell its prey from a kilometer away.
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∙ 9y ago1 mile
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How many feet away can a polar bear smell seals?
3,000 feet
What sense do polar bears use to find food?
A polar bear uses its nose to smell the food. Polar bears can smell a seal up to 20 miles away.
How far away can a polar bear smell a seal under the ice?
Reports say that a polar bear can smell a seal over a mile away. That's on top of the ice, not under it. Bears can't smell seals that are under water.
How far away can polar bears smell seals?
They can easily smell a whale carcass 20 miles away or seals up to 6' beneath the snow and ice. This will depend on whether the animal is dead, which way the wind is going, if it is under the ice, if the polar bear can smell well, etc.
What is a polar bear's primary prey?
The vast majority of a polar bear's diet is seals, which come up for air or are trapped away from holes in the ice.
Which bear eats seals?
A polar bear
What does a polar bear mostly eat?
they normally eat seals but in the summer the ice melts and the seals swim away and they eat seals only if they can catch them
Does a bear eat seals?
a bear does not eat seals it eats fish unless it is a polar bear
Why are seals a polar bear's favorite food.?
because the seals are one of the main mammals in the area of the polar bear and they are easy to capture and they are not polar bears predators ( predators means where its the polar bears food not a polar bears eater)
Are seals friendly?
seals are not friendly. like the polar bear they are unpredictable
What animals is a polar bear's prey?
The seals are eaten by polar bears
What is a polar bear's feeding level?
The polar bear is a tertiary consumer - third lever.
