No wonder polar bears appear white for the most part of the year.–except for warmer months when the polar bear’s coat shows yellowish color which is probably due to the oil they take from seals. Compared to adults, young bears display pure white coat one that becomes yellow with age. In captivity however white bears display a shade of green
Continue ReadingPolar bears are likely to go extinct before the end of the 21st century. This is what biologists and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature says about the iconic creatures of the Arctic. Well we might be telling stories of polar bears to our children if the climate continues to change at the present rate. Do you want
Continue ReadingPolar bears and penguins live on the opposite poles but under similar environmental conditions. It explains a lot about the evolutionary developments of both species. Polar bears and penguins chemistry doesn’t match or probably should never be for there is a predatory-prey relationship lie between the two. However dissimilar they may appear to be, polar bears and penguins share many
Continue ReadingPolar bear weight varies with the season because of the availability of food sources. The adult males are generally heavier than adult females. Ursus maritimus are sexually dimorphic in fact one of the most dimorphic mammals in the marine world. Polar bear cubs weigh less than a kilogram but male cubs are greater than female cubs even at birth. Now
Continue ReadingWhile polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a land-based marine mammal the walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is a flippered aquatic mammal. The walrus is recognized by its prominent tusks like elephants’. White bears are the predators of walruses. However walrus is a big animal and only adult bears can afford to take down such a large prey. Sometimes young polar bears also
Continue ReadingPolar bear (Ursus maritimus) and grizzly bear (Ursos arctos) are not only the largest terrestrial carnivorans, they are close cousins too. Polar bear is the largest whereas brown bear is the second largest terrestrial mammal living today. They both resemble in size and strength. Grizzly bears and polar bears are super powerful. They possess the amazing ability to take down
Scientists weren’t able to explain history of polar bear’s teeth until in 2004 when they discovered 130,000 – 110,000-year-old polar bear jaw bone. This was the oldest jaw bone and its discovery answered many questions and solved numerous puzzles on the skull anatomy of a polar bear. The fossil was found on Prince Charles Foreland. Fossil studies suggest that the
Continue ReadingPeople living in the Arctic rarely call polar bears polar bears. They will call polar bears with many different names. Prominent among the names are white bear, nanook, eisbar, nanuq, sea bear, and ice bear. Not only do the Arctic people call white bears with several names scientists also could not agree on a single scientific name. Polar bear taxonomy
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