HOARDING

Scientists document rare instances of polar bears HOARDING uneaten kills by burying them

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A recent study of 45 years of observational data about polar bears shows the animals hoard the bodies of kills, burying them in the snow or dirt so they can return to them at a later date. The behavior, called caching, is relatively common in other bear species, especially brown bears, from which polar bears … Read more

How to tell if you have a hoarding disorder and the warning signs to look out for

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As a teenager, Cherry Lodge never had friends round to her family home. She’d sooner die than reveal the mortifying truth: a tangle of old, metal bed frames blocking the stairwell, and rusty, broken boilers spilling from the kitchen into the garden. Stacks of unopened letters, some received decades ago, and newspaper cuttings dominated the … Read more