ARTIC SEALS
Diet -These ringed seals are known to eat bottom dwellers and fish -Examples are Polar cod in the winter and crustaceans in the summer |
Habitat -Arctic seals live in cold places like Alaska and Northern Canada -They live on the sea ice in these regions because of its easy access to water |
Seals Are Cool!!
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How Global Warming Effects them? -In the years 2000, 2001, and 2002 almost no seal pups survived in Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence because of the lack of sea ice |
This lack of Arctic Ringed seals leaves the Polars bears with the loss of their main food item. The seals need the sea ice to live on and the sea ice is melting therefore the seals are starting to dissapear. This messes with the food cycle of the polar bears because their main source of food, which are these seals, are dissapearing. This is the main factor that has lead to the polar bears dying out by starvation.
