THE POLAR BEAR. (Ursus maritimus)
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-Description
- Polar bear is a mammal.
- The Polar bear's skin is wrapped in fur.
- The average weight for them is between 550 lb. to 1,700 lb.
- It roars to communicate or display emotions.
- An interesting fact of the Polar bear is that it's skin is black.
-Food and Habitat
- They also eat something called bearberries.
- Polars are herbivores and carnivores.
- They also hunt arctic foxes, lemmings, and many birds.
- Despite what you have seen in the zoo, Polar bears eat dead whales and walruses.
- They live and have adapted to a cold climate.
- The Polar bears live in dens.
-Adaptations
- The polar bear's fur color allows it to camouflage.
- They are strong swimmers which helps them catch prey.
- Also, polar bears are extremely heavy animals.
- To deal with that, they have extremely large feet to spread weight so they don't crush themselves.
- Camoflauge helps it catch prey by useing the hide and ambush ploy.
-Reasons for Endangerment
- There are two reasons for endangerment of the polar bear.
- Those are climate change and habitat loss.
- These both happen because of global warming.
- As I'm sure you know, Polar bears live on ice cap sand those are melting because of global warming.
- To stop the extinction of the polar bear please just take a few necessary steps like walking or biking instead of taking automobile transportation everywhere.