/r/polarbears
Majestic creature of the far north, the polar bear is the world's largest terrestrial carnivore. Its Latin name, Ursus maritimus, means 'sea bear', an apt name for this amazing species which spends much of its life predominantly on sea ice.
Majestic creature of the far north, the polar bear is the world's largest terrestrial carnivore.
Its Latin name, Ursus maritimus, means 'sea bear', an apt name for this amazing species which spends much of its life predominantly on sea ice.
Polar bears are listed as a vulnerable by IUCN because of ongoing and potential loss of their sea ice habitat resulting from climate change.
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This is Baffin (~7) and Siku (~8) who are adopted brothers and besties that now reside at the Calgary zoo in a 2 acre enclosure! They were both orphaned at less than a year old which meant they had a very low chance of survival if reintroduced into the wild so instead they’ve become ambassadors for their species.
Me and a friend have roughly to weeks to create an 15-30 min lecture on what threatens the polar bears, specifically in Svalbard, and I would love a graph which shows how their population has changed over time. Any help would be greatly appreciated, given my efforts to find such a graph myself has failed spectacularly
EDIT: whelp, I got an A
Boop!