Polar Bears Research Paper

Ursus Maritimus also known as Polar Bears are quite the compelling, playful, and bold creatures that tend to go unnoticed by humanity. According to Ice Stories, there is an estimated population of 20,000 - 25,000 polar bears since the beginning of the twenty-first century. Polar bears have hollow and transparent fur that gets its white color from light reflection but under all that fur they have black skin. Their average weight is from 660 pounds to 1,300 pounds, depending on its gender. They also have the average length of 6 to 9 feet. A polar bears top speed is 24 miles per hour. According to National Geographic, the polar bears average life span is from 20-30 years in the wild. Polar bears are marine mammals that love to go for a swim. …show more content…
Polar bears love to go on the hunt primarily for seals. According to Defenders, they not only like hunting ringed seals and bearded seals but they also hunt for walrus, carcasses, and beluga whales. However, when they are forced to spend a few months on land in which they have to enjoy eating kelp, vegetation, birds, the bird’s eggs, and at times even rodents. Although, kelp is not the favorite food for a polar bear sometime if that all there is, then they have no choice but to enjoy it. Polar bears are quite smart when it comes to hunting. They have a few tricks up their paws to help them catch their preys. One of those tricks is that they frequently look for areas where there is cracking ice because they know those cracks in between the ice are used as breathing holes for seals creating the perfect opportunity for polar bears to attack their prey. They also are aware that they can use big ice ridges and blocks as the perfect hiding spot as they stalk their preys. When a polar bears has successfully caught a seal, the bear normally drags the seal several yards away from the spot where the hunt went down. For the next 12 hours the bear will alternatively wat and sleep until he feels full (Ovsyanikov, 21). Some polar bears prefer to go hunting for the seals den instead for the big bad seals themselves. When looking for seal dens, they either have to use their sense of hearing or smell to locate them. The only difference between actually hunting and this method is that the polar bear must be real patient. Then there are polar bears who love to put their great hunting skills and strength to a test by hunting for a much larger prey than a seal. They go after walruses and beluga whales. These types of hunt can be really risky for a polar bear in order for them to succeed they must have a lot of strength, skill, and overall