Why does a polar bear hold a paw over its nose when it is hunting?

It is not to prevent it sneezing and scaring away its supper. No polar bears are cleverer than that. They are very cunning hunters.

In summer polar bears stick to a largely vegetarian diet. When the plants they feed on die off or are iced over in winter, they switch to eating meat by catching seals and fish. There is not a lot of cover in the Arctic, where polar bears live. And there is seldom enough to hide a huge bear up to three metres long. Being white helps a polar bear blend in to the background. But it is not all white. Its nose is black. So to hide this from their prey, polar bears have been seen holding paws over their noses to cover the one black spot that might give them away.

 

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