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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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A polar bear and a cub search for scraps in a large pile of bowhead whale bones left from the village’s subsistence hunting near Kaktovik, on the northern coast of Alaska. Photo by Lindsey Wasson
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This is Walker, he is allergic to straw! It is not uncommon for polar bears to experience allergies, with some thought to even experience hay fever!
12:19 UTC
Monday morning
11:01 UTC
Brookfield Zoo Chicago
02:32 UTC
Polar bear and the fishing net
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Three bears
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Watchful
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A throwback photo of the lovely Ahpun (an Inupiaq word for "snow") with Pat Lampi in 1998 at Alaska Zoo. Ahpun passed away in 2018 age 20.
12:27 UTC
Cranbeary going for a swim at the Alaska Zoo
I got to visit Alaska a couple years ago and getting to see Cranbeary was one of the highlights of the trip.
11:19 UTC
Which is the largest living polar bear kept in captivity?
I am curious about how large polar bears in captivity get considering how large they are and how far they typically roam in the wild and the complications zoos typically have with large animals in captivity.
02:32 UTC
It's Monday again!
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Why is it walking like that?
It did that for several minutes, then took a swim, got out and continued doing that. Is it stress?
11:15 UTC
Any sources to polar bear populations from 2001-2024
Hi, I'm doing biology IA on polar bears and CO2 emissions. I'm having a hard time of finding information on the population sizes of polar bears within the past decade. Databases would be awesome!!
22:46 UTC
Big murder mittens
Got to visit Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China and saw my first polar bear up close.
14:19 UTC
A polar bear mother takes her cubs out in Baffin Island, Canada
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A polar bear walking on sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Photo from Anadolu/Getty Images
14:51 UTC
A male polar bear crosses a river coloured red by sandstone pigmentation, Spitsbergen, Norway
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The children and the bear
11:56 UTC
The force is strong with this one
12:37 UTC
Underwater bears
12:21 UTC
When your friend told you a dad joke
12:51 UTC
Highland Wildlife Park post lunch snooze
17:41 UTC
A polar bear-grizzly bear hybrid seen in Alaska. The shape of this bear's neck, snout and body is a giveaway.
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How do polar bears find each other to mate?
https://reddit.com/link/1diuaqs/video/z8emag5rsc7d1/player
Polar bears are solitary animals, so how do they find each other across the vast frozen ocean to mate in the spring?
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Looking up
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Kova is not a fan of Mondays
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