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A video of a starving and emaciated polar bear in Canada's wilderness has viral on the Internet. The video the bear in search of food, wandering across land with no snow or ice. The creature all skin and bones and is foraging for food in rusty waste containers. It is at times too weak to its own body weight and has difficulty standing. Paul Nicklen, the photographer who the video footage, stated the polar bear's plight was a clear sign of the devastating impact of climate change. He said filming the animal had heart-wrenching. He his team were, "pushing through their tears and emotions while this dying polar bear".

Mr Nicklen part of the environmental group Sea Legacy. His team on Canada's Baffin Island to shoot a documentary on conservation. He said the bear they was not old and probably within hours. He said: "This is what starvation like. The muscles atrophy. No energy. It's a slow, painful death." He the bear's sad plight on global warming. He said: "As temperatures and sea ice , polar bears lose access to the main staple of their diets - seals." Climate change is the biggest threat to the world’s 26,000 polar bears. The video explains that bears are, ", and running out of energy" and are " to wander into human settlements for any source of food."