‘It was a real battle of the titans’: The moment one polar bear took on a walrus herd

From BBC

It is an extraordinary scene: a lone male polar bear attacks hundreds of walruses – circling them and persistently trying to penetrate their six-inch blubber to secure a long-awaited meal. 

Using the foggy landscape as cover, he approaches a walrus colony. The adult walruses work as a team, pushing their young into the centre, and creating a barrier of blubber and hide. The bear begins its ambush tentatively, jumping up onto a walrus’ back to find a chink in the armour to reach the pups. He targets a female walrus, repeatedly biting her neck. She fiercely shields her pup, and his claws and teeth are unable to pierce through her thick hide. The herd start to flee into the sea, and the bear becomes increasingly desperate, turning to fight the adult walruses.