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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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I got to visit Alaska a couple years ago and getting to see Cranbeary was one of the highlights of the trip.
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.
It did that for several minutes, then took a swim, got out and continued doing that. Is it stress?
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!!
Got to visit Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China and saw my first polar bear up close.
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?
Excuse my ignorance but is this anywhere near normal polar bear behaviour ? Observed at the Toronto zoo what appears to be a pretty seriously distressed bear, but I’m no expert in animal behaviour. The employee claimed the bear was just “wanting to play”.