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The males average 7-9ft long and 5ft high at the
shoulder. A male weighs 900lb to the maximum over half a ton. |
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The females are smaller and about 700lb. |
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All Polar Bears have a long head, small ears
along neck, strong legs, big feet with hairy soles and a stump for a tail.
Their coats are white and yellowish it’s made up of long hairs and dense
under fur. |
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They eat young walruses .Fish,seabirds sometimes
eggs and also dead animals but there favorite food is seals,especially the
ringed seals. |
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Most Polar Bears live along the coasts of the
Artic region .They usually live in a den in the snow. That’s where they
sleep all winter. |
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The Polar Bear is an excellent swimmer. |
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They have oily thick fur that shields water and
helps insulate the bear against the cold |
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They have a thick protective layer of fat more
than three inches thick on back, buttocks and thighs |
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The Polar Bear cubs stay with there mothers for
two years. |
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A Polar Bear spends most of it life alone, hunting seals and ect. |
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Picture- Bears By Deborah Hodge page 10. |
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Information- Wild, Wild World of Animals Bears,
other carnivores By Time Life Television pages 42 and 45 |
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Picture Library Bears By Franklin Watts page 14 |
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International Wild life encyclopedia page 1947 |
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Greeningwashiington.files.wordpress.com |
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www.scientificamerican.com |
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animalkingdom.wordpress.com |
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www.dailykos.com |
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