{"id":18959,"date":"2026-05-25T16:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/?p=18959"},"modified":"2026-05-25T16:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:05:09","slug":"optimistic-polar-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/optimistic-polar-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"OPTIMISTIC POLAR BEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18959\" class=\"elementor elementor-18959\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1ff562 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1ff562\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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and time that they can hunt.\u00a0 Polar bears can consume animals such as walruses, seabirds, reindeer, rodents, fish, and vegetation.\u00a0 However, they need the high-calorie blubber of seals to sustain their massive size.\u00a0 As a result polar bear numbers have been declining due to starvation and disease.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e06f5e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e06f5e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CARTOON REFERENCE NUMBER:\u00a0 2026-20 \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this cartoon I am trying to highlight the loss of habitat for polar bears.\u00a0 In one sense the cartoon is inaccurate as polar bears can swim perfectly well, but what they can\u2019t do is hunt in open water.\u00a0 To hunt their primary source of food, which is seals, they need pack ice, they do 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