Starving polar bear dives from a rock into a pod of beluga whales in a desperate bid to find food in incredible scenes from David Attenborough’s Seven Worlds One Planet
- The incredible footage was shown on Seven Worlds One Planet, to air on Sunday
- Polar bears in Hudson Bay, Canada, have had to adapt because sea ice melting
- Sir David says Canada is ‘warming faster than any other country on earth’
A polar bear bravely leaped into a pod of beluga whales in a desperate bid to avoid starvation.
Sir David Attenborough’s Seven Worlds One Planet episode looks at the animals’ remarkable survival strategy in Hudson Bay, Canada.
Presenter Sir David explains that the country is ‘warming faster than any other country on earth.’
A polar bear bravely leaped onto a beluga whale in a desperate bid to avoid starvation on Sir David Attenborough’s Seven Worlds One Planet
Warming temperatures are melting sea ice, something polar bears depend upon for their hunting.
To combat this, the bears wait poised on rocks above.
They then fling themselves off and onto a passing whale below before taking its kill back to shore.
Sir David described this feat of perfect timing ‘a remarkable strategy for survival’.
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Presenter Sir David explains that Canada is ‘warming faster than any other country on earth’
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Warming temperatures are melting sea ice, something polar bears depend upon for their hunting
As the footage of the attack is played, Sir David says: ‘One small group of bears has found an ingenious way of surviving the lean summer months.
‘This extraordinary behaviour has only been recorded here, in this remote corner of North America, and only in the last few years.’
He goes on to say: ‘We continue to transform our planet and the seasons are becoming less predictable. Will the wildlife of North America be able to adapt?’
The programme, which will air on BBC One on Sunday, looks at North America.
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Sir David (pictured) described this incredible feat of perfect timing ‘a remarkable strategy for survival’
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To combat this, the bears wait poised on rocks above. They then fling themselves off and onto a passing whale below
Earlier this month, the BBC was forced to apologise to viewers of Seven Worlds One Planet after it used the wrong animal noises and incorrectly identified bird species.
Footage in the South American episode of the programme shows rare Andean bears in the cloud forests of Ecuador.
But the audio behind them is a far cry from the rustling trees which should have been heard as the bears scaled the 100ft trees.
Instead a soundtrack of one of the continent’s most recognisable birds is played over the top of the footage.