Do Wild Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) Use Tools When Hunting Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus)?

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Stirling, Ian, Laidre, Kristin L., Born, Erik W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2021
• Subjects: polar bear; Ursus maritimus; walrus; Odobenus rosmarus; tool use; traditional knowledge; TEK; ours polaire; morse; utilisation d’un outil; connaissances traditionnelles; CET; Morse; Arctic; inuit; inuits; Ursus arctos; walrus*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/72532

Since the late 1700s, reports of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) using tools (i.e., pieces of ice or stones) to kill walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) have been passed on verbally to explorers and naturalists by their Inuit guides, based on local traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) as well as accounts o...