stories from non-scientific sources, including a short article by another non-scientist. This one warned of “GRAPHIC PHOTOS” and opened with the line, “Cannibalism is not part of the polar bears’ M.O.” As a result, a valid scientific hypothesis—Global climate change has led to a reduction in Arctic sea ice, and this may be causing increased incidences of cannibalism in polar bears—now takes a back seat to a distorted take on the subject as well as a deceptive but well executed argument by climate change deniers.
