How does the diet of brown bears differ to polar bears?
• The polar bear diet is principally ringed seals. They thrive where there are large populations of these seals • Brown bears are omnivores (they eat vegetable matter and flesh) and feed on a variety of plant products, including berries, roots, and sprouts, fungi as well as meat products such as fish, insects, and small mammals. Despite their reputation, most brown bears are not highly carnivorous as they derive up to 90% of their dietary food energy from vegetable matter. Their jaws are designed to chew vegetable matter.
