Polar bear 'cannibalism' pictured

[Jimbuna]

First I knew of this...how very sad

Polar bears normally hunt seals but if these are not available, the big predators will seek out other sources of food - even their own kind.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16081214

[Betonov]

It's not uncommon in the animal world actually. Even if we don't include insects

[Jimbuna]

Still disturbing to see/learn of

[TLAM Strike]

"Clarice? What did you see?"
"Polar Bears"

[1480]

puts the lotion in the basket....

It's gruesome to see, but a perfect example of Darwinism.

[Kaye T. Bai]

Polar bears normally hunt seals but if these are not available, the big predators will seek out other sources of food - even their own kind.

All organisms resort to cannibalism when food is not available.

[Kongo Otto]

Originally Posted by Betonov

It's not uncommon in the animal world actually. Even if we don't include insects

Chimpanzees do that also, its as you said not uncommon.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Kaye T. Bai

All organisms resort to cannibalism when food is not available.

Book was better than the film.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Kongo Otto

Chimpanzees do that also, its as you said not uncommon.

I once saw one of those farm cats, that used to dwel in our barn, eat her young. But couldn't quite understand why, food is usually abundant (mice, scraps, leftover dog food)

[1480]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Book was better than the film.

Whats that from?

[1480]

Originally Posted by Betonov

I once saw one of those farm cats, that used to dwel in our barn, eat her young. But couldn't quite understand why, food is usually abundant (mice, scraps, leftover dog food)

Black bears, the female will not ovulate unless there is enough of it's preferred diet in its system in the late summer. How is that relevant? Animals are a lot smarter than we give them credit for.

[Takeda Shingen]

Pic is from the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road. A tough, but excellent read.

[jumpy]

Just finished that last week, it was a gift for my mum last year, but she hasn't got around to reading it yet.
Aside from the detail in the printed word that is often lost in film adaptations, I thought it was reasonably faithful to the book.
It piqued my curiosity as to 'what the disaster was' that put an end to civilisation as we know it, the lack of a definite answer to this was something that added to the whole out of time feeling the book had, the isolation and detachment from what was before.

On the harshness scale of disaster/fall of mankind stories it was a little bit behind Lucifers Hammer in it's scale but had a more intimate character for all of that.
Recommended.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by jumpy

Just finished that last week, it was a gift for my mum last year, but she hasn't got around to reading it yet.
Aside from the detail in the printed word that is often lost in film adaptations, I thought it was reasonably faithful to the book.
It piqued my curiosity as to 'what the disaster was' that put an end to civilisation as we know it, the lack of a definite answer to this was something that added to the whole out of time feeling the book had, the isolation and detachment from what was before.

On the harshness scale of disaster/fall of mankind stories it was a little bit behind Lucifers Hammer in it's scale but had a more intimate character for all of that.
Recommended.

Oh, absolutely. The movie was not bad at all. As to what the disaster was, I suppose it really doesn't matter, which is why McCarthy didn't bother telling us about it. The point of the book was the nature of man and the struggle to hang to what is 'right'.

Even the U.S. Military will justify cannibalism in an extreme survival situation.
One thing I was taught, and taught others in Egypt?
If a fellow Trooper dies? Cut him up and put his remains into a water trap if your stranded out in the desert.
Kind of gruesome yes. But survival depends mostly on your mindset.