Fatty 'Heart Attack' Diet? No Problem - If You're a Polar Bear

Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 14:31 in Biology & Nature

How do polar bears have such an incredibly high-fat diet and get so fat — munching as they do on blubbery seals — without clogging their arteries and becoming a big furry heart attack waiting to happen?The answer: "bear necessities," genetically speaking.

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