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Study Sees Polar Bears Losing Out To Grizzlies [1]

Polar bears are likely to lose out to grizzly bears in fierce competition for food as climate change drives the two species closer together into shared habitat, biologists concluded in a study released on Tuesday.

The research was based on 3-D computer modeling that compared the skull and jaw strength of the two bruins and found polar bears ill-suited to the tougher chewing demands posed by the

Publication Date: 
24/11/2010
Steve Gorman [2]
Planet Ark (Australia) [3]
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Wildlife [4], Climate Change [5], Habitat [6], Global Warming [7], Green House Gases [8]
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