The Evolution Of Polar Bears By Laysa De La Torre

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The Evolution of Polar Bears Laysa De La Torre

Polar bears have a very interesting history as they are evolved from brown bears. It is very weird how they don’t hibernate but interesting to hear what happens when they don’t hibernate. Polar bears are actually very interesting even if you may not like them, you will soon be interested after reading this.
Polar bears hair is white because, the air spaces in each hair scatter light of all colors. The color white becomes visible to us when it reflects back all visible wavelengths of light, rather than absorbing some of the wavelengths.

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