Do you know what color is a polar bear tongue? The polar bear tongue is actually pink and it is mottled with black that is why it sometimes looks black or even blue. The general properties of its tongue resemble dogs more than the cats. The polar bear tongue is smooth just like the dog’s tongue. Cats do not have
Continue ReadingPolar bears have long evolved to occupy and dominate its ecological niche primarily due to its unique adaptations. These adaptations are related to polar bear’s hunting techniques. For instance, unlike their grizzly cousins, polar bears have elongated and narrow skull so that they can reach out for the seals hidden in the sea ice. Whiskers are probably not one of
Continue ReadingUnlike polar bear’s elongated skull, large feet, and huge paw they have got small ears—perhaps one of many adaptations to cold climates. Polar bears inhabit the Northern Hemisphere where the temperature drops down to minus 30 degree Celsius in winter. Their small ears are perfectly adapted to surviving the frigid Arctic weather. Now we’ll see why do polar bears have
Continue ReadingSeals make up much of the polar bear’s diet. And luckily for polar bears seals are quite abundant in the Arctic. Polar bears would consume as much seals they possibly can. Seals are clearly the top priority on the polar bear’s menu. White bears would eat just about any kind of seal. The reason why polar bears fancy eating seals
Continue ReadingWell, apparently polar bears have four legs as they walk like most other land mammals do. But the front limbs serve more like polar bear arms rather than legs. If that is the case then polar bears have only two legs. However, they don’t walk on two legs do they? Let’s see how many legs does a polar bear have?
Continue ReadingLike polar bear’s skull, polar bear paws are massive in size. The front paws points inwards as the polar bear walks. It does seem like a pigeon-toed. Polar bears most often walk rather than trot. They do however gallop on their paws. Do you want to know how big is a polar paw as compared to other animal’s paws? How
While polar bear’s white fur camouflages it into the white snowy background its black skin primarily serves to keep the bear warm nearly all the time. The reason why polar bears have black skins is that black color (as you probably know) absorbs heat and sunlight inasmuch as they can. That is why most people usually do not wear dark-colored
Continue ReadingPolar bears do not hibernate. They are not true hibernators. They just go into a temporary torpor or dormancy state where their metabolic rate slows down but this is not exactly hibernation. Hibernation is a sort of activity (or maybe inactivity) which enables the bear to save its energy because the ambient temperatures are extremely low that the average body
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