Title

Scavenging polar bear

Caption

Scavenging polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with tongue sticking out eating the carcass of a stranded dead minke whale on the coast of Wahlbergoya, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, Europe

Date

Sep 17, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Olaf Krueger

Reference

BRK23F44_171

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

53,7Mb (2,8Mb) / 11,8in x 17,7in / 3539 x 5308 (300dpi)

Keywords

Arctic Balaenoptera Baleen whale Baleen whales Bear Bears Carnivora Cetacea Common minke whale Europe Europe's Great whale IUCN Jan Mayen Mammal Mammalia Mammalian Mammals Mysticeti No People North Europe Northern Europe Norway Polar bear Polar bears Predator Scandinavian Sibbaldius mondinii Spitsbergen Spitsbergen Island Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago Svalbard and Jan Mayen Ursidae Ursus Ursus (genus) Ursus maritimus Vest Spitsbergen Whalebone whale Wildlife animal animal of prey animals animals in the wild archipelago beast of prey cadaver carcass carcasses coast coasts dead dead animal deserted eat eating empty endangered specie endangered species fauna feed feeding fisch group of islands groups of islands habitat ingestion island island group islands islet marine animal marine animals marine mammal marine mammals minke whale natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody nordic northern minke whale predatory animal sea animal sea mammal shore threatened species tongue tongues uninhabited whale while eating wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Balaenopteridae Norwegian Rorqual Rorquals Scandinavia animal feed animal feeds fodder food polar circle polar circles polar region polar regions