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Caribou Caribou will scrape the snow away and eat lichens, dried sedges and small shrubs. In the summer they the will eat leaves of willows, sedges, flowering tundra plants, and mushrooms. Arctic Fox A typical diet of this fox consists of birds, eggs, small mammals and fish. It will also eat berries, seaweed, insects and larvae, when other prey is scarce Snowy Owl The snowy owls feed on arctic fox, rabbits, lemmings, voles, and various seabirds. Polar Bear They hunt and eat seals and other sea life Musk Ox The musk ox eat lots of food like grass, willows, arctic flowers, mosses, lichens, aspens, birch shoots, berry bushes, sedges, leaves, twigs and even barks if they can find some. Harlequin Duck A harlequin ducks diet consists of mussels, shellfish, aquatic insects, crustaceans and some small fish. Grizzly Bear Scientists discovered that 75% of the bear population lives off plants alone. The grizzly will also eat insects, small rodents and honey. Ermine Ermine eat mice, voles, lemmings, pikas, mice, snowshoe hares, birds, insects, and fish carcasses.

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Page 1: Caribou Arctic Fox Snowy Owl Polar Bear · Polar Bear They hunt and eat seals and other sea life Musk Ox The musk ox eat lots of food like grass, willows, arctic flowers, mosses,

Caribou

Caribou will scrape the snow away and eat lichens, dried

sedges and small shrubs. In the summer they the will eat leaves of willows, sedges, flowering

tundra plants, and mushrooms.

Arctic Fox

A typical diet of this fox consists of birds, eggs, small mammals and fish. It will also eat berries, seaweed, insects and larvae, when other prey is scarce

Snowy Owl

The snowy owls feed on arctic fox, rabbits, lemmings, voles,

and various seabirds.

Polar Bear

They hunt and eat seals and

other sea life

Musk Ox

The musk ox eat lots of food like grass, willows, arctic flowers, mosses, lichens, aspens, birch shoots, berry bushes, sedges, leaves, twigs and even barks if

they can find some.

Harlequin Duck

A harlequin ducks diet consists of mussels, shellfish, aquatic insects, crustaceans and some

small fish.

Grizzly Bear

Scientists discovered that 75% of the bear population lives off plants alone. The grizzly will also eat insects, small rodents

and honey.

Ermine

Ermine eat mice, voles, lemmings, pikas, mice,

snowshoe hares, birds, insects, and fish carcasses.

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Puffin

Adult puffins mostly eat small fish, such as sand eels, herring,

hake and capelin. During winter puffins may also eat

crustaceans, but their preferred food is fish.

Wolverine

Wolverines easily dispatch smaller prey, such as rabbits and rodents, but may even

attack animals many times their size, such as caribou, if the prey appears to be weak or injured.

Weddell Seal

Cod and silverfish are favorites, though these seals also eat small crustaceans, octopuses, and other marine creatures.

Arctic Tern

In most cases, it eats small fish or marine crustaceans. Fish species comprise the most

important part of the diet, such as herring and cod. Among the marine crustaceans eaten are amphipods, crabs and krill.

Emperor Penguin

The primary food source is generally fish. Glacial and

hooked squids and Antarctic krill are also regularly featured

in their diet.

Collared Lemming

In summer their main foods are tender shoots of grasses and shrubs. During the winter they eat bark and twigs off willow

and dwarf birch.

Arctic Hare

In the winter the arctic hare feeds on bare twigs and

vegetables just under the snow. It will also eat spruce twigs,

bark, needles, and buds of hard wood. In the summer they feed

on grass, bugs, twigs, and leaves.

Arctic Wolf

Wolves mainly eat Arctic hare, musk ox, Arctic fox, caribou, and lemmings.