massive priorcome to hibernating because they need to live off their body fafat. theyey're eating it seal blubber to get that that, yet they do not get diabetic. when we become obese, we become diabetic. this is an epidemic disease not only in the united states, but around the world. there are half a billion people obese around the world. a greater proportion of women ththan men. 295 million women and 210 billion mend. 210 million men. of ththe city has dououbled in e last years in united statates ad itit leads to type 2 diabetes, n enormous public health problele it kills a a quarter of a millin people in this country every year and costs the economomy $90 billion. we havave no idea how polar beas prevent b becoming diabetic, evn thouough they a are massivelely. we to understand that. we have to sttudy them in the wild. they do nott hibernate in zoos r in laboratories. polar bears have secrets to teach us. if people understood those connections better, i think they would have a much greater value to biodiversity, to ecosystems and individual species. >> we both h