Polar Bear Research Paper

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Polar bears are a species of bear these bears have a white fur that helps hide them in their habitat. Polar bears evolved one to three million years ago from the brown or grizzly bears. They are the only bear species to be marine mammals. The Polar bears habitat is being threatened by humans and Global Warming. Because their habitats are being threatened and scientist are working to stop global warming so, the animal in North pole can be saved this including the Polar bears. Polar bears have clear or hollow fur, but black skin, but, there fur looks like white because the furs are clear or hollow so it reflects the light. Polar bears have been around for a long time there climates are being threatened, there breeding is slowing down, and Global …show more content…
Polar climates have an average temperature of less than ten degrees. Polar bears live to about 25 years of age. The polar bear is the largest species of the bear. Female bears height seven feet tall and weigh 600 to 800 pounds, but biggest female polar bear can reach 1000 pounds. Males Polar Bears' height from eight to 8.4 feet tall and weigh from 1,500 to 1,700 pounds. The reason the polar bear weighs is heavy. They have 4.5 inch thick layer of fat. On the land, fat makes polar bear warmer so they can live in the polar climates. In the water, fat makes buoyancy so they can swim faster. Polar bear has smaller ear for keeping warm, has black skin. The polar bear’s fur looks white but, each individual fur is a clear and hollow, but, their fur is yellowish in the summer. This helps the polar bear keep warm. The polar bear's fur helps hunting in a snowy area, this helps Polar Bear hide while hunting. The polar bear's big front foot is using to paddle and the polar bear’s back legs as rudders. These big front feet help the polar bear keep them swimming sixty miles (100 km) without rest. The polar bear eats eggs, vegetation, reindeer, rodents, birds, berries, human garbage, ringed seal, bearded seal, walrus, and whale carcass. The ringed seal is the polar bear's stock. A polar bear hunts a seal by waiting quietly and moving closer to seal to climb out of water and breathe. This hunting style is called by Stalk. Polar bears are …show more content…
Polar bears breed at three to four years of age. Female polar bears foot is getting smaller at age six. Female polar bears breed every three years because male polar bears travel long distance. A pregnant female polar bears carry her cubs for eight months. Usually, The cubs are born in Winter about December or January. When the babies come out from their mother bear, they are blind, and small. Two third results are twins. Polar bears live about 25 years of age. They spend the two and half years with their mother. Then they figure out on their own lifestyle by themselves. At age five or six, they start mating. They do this for the rest of their life. National Wildlife Federation (NWF) estimated that there are about 25,000 to 40,000 polar bears in the world. Most of the population is located in Canada and the Soviet Union (Russia). The rest of the population are in Greenland, Barent, Alaska and North Slope. Polar bear population size decreases. When the spring comes, the mother polar bear move her cubs to the coast, where many ringed seals and walrus live. The mother will protect her cubs from dangerous animals. The cubs their mother for two and half

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