# How would polar bears fare in the antarctic?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 4, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-polar-bears-fare-in-the-antarctic/587770 "2011-07-04T01:16:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Animastryfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Animastryfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Animastryfe)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-polar-bears-fare-in-the-antarctic/587770/41 "2011-07-06T03:58:18Z")

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> [@Askance](#):
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> One of my favourite trivia questions is: why do polar bears not eat penguins? It’s surprising how few know the answer.

Some people may interpret that as asking why a polar bear would not eat a penguin that was brought to it.

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**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-polar-bears-fare-in-the-antarctic/587770/42 "2011-07-06T04:07:03Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> What did you draw that conclusion from? :dubious:

there could not have been a penguin population with bears around. or am i simplifying things?

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