• The ice bear has well-developed senses of smell, hearing, and vision — it can spot prey several kilometers away and detect a ringed seal from a distance of 800 meters.
• The polar bear, the most carnivorous of all bears, in spring and summer, when coming to the shore, selectively eats fish and objects washed up by the sea.
• The polar bear obtains a large amount of vitamin A from its prey, which accumulates in its liver. There have been cases of poisoning in people who consumed polar bear liver.
• The polar bear catches its prey by striking it with its paw, pulling it onto the ice when the animal sticks its head out of the water.

The ice bear hunts seals near breathing holes in the ice, using its paw to strike or seizing prey with its teeth, and occasionally consumes carrion and fish. Its diet includes ringed seals, hooded seals, walruses, carrion, fish, and large mammals. The species employs hunting strategies such as active pursuit, ambush, foraging, and chasing. The daily food requirement ranges from 1.5 kilograms to 5 kilograms; young ice bears feed exclusively on milk. Prey items include geese, reindeer, narwhals, ringed seals, and walruses. Some cultures consume the animal, though it is not considered halal or kosher.