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My thoughts are that there is no benefit to the flowers making nectar more easily accessed. The purpose of the nectar is to attract bees, birds, bats, butterflies, moths, or other critters that will be dusted with pollen while negotiating the path to the nectar. If the nectar were easily accessible without jostling the flower, there is no pollination and the species could become extinct. The plant offers nectar as bait to gain the ability to cross-pollinate and create seed. There are even plants that trap and hold pollinators by attracting them with the scent of nectar or pheromones, but offer no nectar in the end. Pollination is the end game and not a free buffet for other species.

Polar bears are hyper-carnivorous, eating more than 70% meat. But WHAT meat? Well, time to find out.Seals. Mainly harp, ringed, harbor and bearded seals. The bears tend to eat them when they come to the surface and then pouncing on the seals. The polar bear can kill these animals with one paw swipe but they often bite as well as swipe. If they miss a shot they will hunt underwater.Walruses. They tend to take on young ones, weak/old/sick/injured animals or ones that have wandered too far from protection of the other seals in a harem(group). But even a weak one can be deadly. However polar bears can still take on walruses, though it is risky.Dolphins. Historically, they did not tend to eat them. But global warming has forced them to. They do it the same way as they do to seals. They, however do not feed on all species of dolphins…. They do not hunt orcas. They mainly eat the white-beaked dolphin.Beluga whales. They hunt the whales like seals and dolphins. But since a beluga is too big to die from just one swipe…This is when they do more biting. They want to avoid the tail which can lead to severe injuries so they often attack the head(see picture at Serge Elia’s answer. Also you can see the bloody face for another clue.).Narwhals. They hunt them like they do to the previous bear buffets. But when hunting males they must do it with extreme caution as the males can easily kill a polar bear with one tusk stab. Females are not as risky as they do not have tusks so it is much safer to go after the ladies.Muskox. They will both hunt and scavenge, often willing to have a large meal.And muskox are huge. The mothers often share with cubs though males can be competitive when over a muskox carcass.Deer. They like to take on medium-sized deer, like caribou(shown in the picture). They like to bite when taking on land animals like muskox and…Well, deer. They often hunt deer when the other foods are scarce.Birds and their eggs. They are much larger than the birds so they often struggle to defend themselves and their eggs. Polar bears can easily kill birds in a swipe of the paw and they also crack eggs with a swipe of a paw.A wide variety of fish like char, salmon, silverfish and herring. With their smell they will detect their meal and hunt underwater. Then once they catch the fish they bring it to land and bite it.Dead bowhead whales. Bowhead whales are 60 feet long and 44000 pounds, with a polar bear-sized tongue so they cannot hunt it. Instead they scavenge the remains of dead bowhead whales, eat calves killed by orcas and feed on the remains of the whales killed by whalers.Arctic foxes. Their superior bulk make it much more of a match to a fox. Foxes often eat their leftover food but they have been killed trying to do so. An Arctic fox will even be a meal when disturbing a bear.Trash. Yup, it might make you scratch your head and say,”why? Why are they eating trash?”. Well the answer is that pollution has made them do so. This is why it is not worth polluting: we won’t learn about them if they do unnatural behaviors.And last other polar bears. This is another weird behavior. Even cubs are on the menu. They often take on smaller individuals for an easy catch.But guess what? They have occasionally eaten plants in the summer when ice fades, preferred prey is scarce and grasses grow.Note: Polar bears are not picky so they will eat almost anything depending on many things. They will even eat starfish. So i did not put every food source there; the list would be too long.

Even though a lot of individuals have been seen to act aggressively towards each other (either out of dietary overlap, territorial behavior, protection of the young or any other reason), nevertheless wolves and ravens highly benefit from each other’s presence. For starters, it comes from the fact that wolves, as key-stone species, serve as an important management indicator for a considerable number of sympatric animals, including scavengers like ravens, which gain great profit when eating leftovers from a wolf’s kill.Simultaneously, wolves have also taken advantage of the raven’s presence. Sure enough, when the birds gather over an animal carcass, the canines will rush into the scene, looking forward to find the easiest way to get a free meal – like other apex predators, wolves have no problem turning from hunters to scavengers once they find animal corpses, which they usually locate when observing a congregation of flying ravens, crows and vultures.According to studies, it would seem that ravens sometimes lead wolves not just to nearby animal remains, but to potential prey too – in the process, it is believed that the wolves do respond to the ravens’ calls or any other behavior that could indicate the presence of food.It gets even more surprising: ravens have been seen to lead wolves to some carcasses that are actually too tough to be penetrated even via the birds’ sharp beaks – as such, the wolves’ powerful jaws open the rough skin, and the corpse becomes an all-you-can-eat-buffet for the ravens (once the wolves have eaten their share and left the scene, of course; otherwise, some ravens can get themselves killed).The surprise doesn’t stop here: biologists have revealed that wolves that live in Isle Royale (in the US state of Michigan) develop ways to prevent ravens from scavenging on their kills. On one hand, wolf packs are formed more to reduce loss of prey to ravens rather than to ease hunting – as such, bigger packs mean that wolves often share their kills with their congeners without losing them to scavengers –; on the other hand, some wolves can consume a tremendous amount of food at one feeding, in just a couple of hours – thus the faster the carcass is consumed, less scraps are eaten by ravens.Last but not least, scientists have described a “peculiar relationship” forged between wolves and ravens, and such a relationship unfolds not just when the two animals feed, but also when they play together – that’s right: these normally competitive creatures often engage in amusement by pecking at each other, teasing each other and chasing each other playfully, with no aggression whatsoever!Pretty unbelievable, huh?Sources: Wolves and Ravens - Nature's Odd Couple; Wolves and Ravens; A Fascinating Relationship (Photos); Ravens Give Wolves a Reason to Live in Packs.