12.16.2009

Exclusive photos: Polar bear turns cannibal




Some pictures need little introduction. They stop you in your tracks. These are exclusive pictures to Reuters of a Canadian polar bear eating a cub that it killed and cannibalized.

A global study released in 2008 suggests that climate change has turned some polar bears into cannibals. However, a local Inuit leader told journalists that a male polar bear eating a cub is a normal occurrence.

12.08.2009

Ring-tailed Lemurs

Ring-tailed Lemurs
Philipp Guelland / AFP / Getty

Ring-tailed Lemurs dine on a pre-Christmas surprise of dried fruits served à la Santa Claus boot at an animal park in Hamburg.

11.22.2009

Lions and tigers

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lion eating lane
tiger