... thick, curved, non-retractable claw. The claws are used for grasping prey and for traction when running or climbing on ice. The sole of a polar bear's foot has thick, black pads covered with small, soft papillae or dermal bumps. The papillae create friction between the foot and ice to prevent slippage. ... Long hairs growing between pads and toes also help prevent slipping on the ice. A polar bear's head is relatively small compared to its body size; its muzzle is elongated with a slightly arched snout. At the end of the snout is ... same as humans, and is maintained through a thick lay...

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... the extreme and harsh conditions of which they live in, it is necessary for them to have all of the adaptations that they have. The polar bear's white coloring is perhaps one of the most crucial adaptations that they possess. The white coloring acts as a camouflage, being able to blend in ... most often occurs in April and May. After the long mating and birthing process though, comes a small polar bear ready to mature into a large polar bear like its parents. As a twenty-five centimeter cub, the polar bear is born with its eyes shut with a layer of fine hair, so thin that it almost appe...

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... down frequently to -40 degrees and sometimes even lower but that does not bother the polar bear because of its color-less skin and layer of insulation fat. Its range extending around the northern polar region. Necessities of Life "The polar bear eats mostly seals which he has to hunt. His trick is to wait by a ... calf or a musk ox stuck in snow, birds, eggs, fish, and dead whales. And sometimes in the summer it eats berries and grass. The polar bear has no water to drink so it only eats the skin and blubber, avoiding the meat. So by eating the blubber and leaving the meat the male ......

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... follow the females tracks for more than 100 km, we are unable to figure out what signals the males are using to track the females yet. Before mating the female Polar Bear maybe joined by several males. The males fight themselves, it starts out by lowering its head, flattens its ears back, and hisses at the other male, they fight until the ... many different methods for collecting and eating their food, one method is called "still hunting", this is when the polar bear remains motionless beside a breathing hole or lead edge waiting for a seal to surface. When the seal comes up to breath t...

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... I looked over to the left hand side of the room and noticed 3 big, real life polar bears sleeping. I started to tip toe so that I would not wake them. They woke up anyway ..a baby polar bear came up to me and started crawling on my back, the mother polar bear was looking at me and walking toward me. I glanced at Traci and she sat there with ... a smirk on her face and said "Oh I remember now, you've always been scared of animals." I was very fearful because the baby polar bear wouldn't get off of me and I thought the mother bear was going to hurt me! Just at that moment, my husband walk...

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... . 2012). So the food chain is being damaged by global warming; furthermore, some animals' living environments are being destroyed by global warming too. For example, the Arctic, which is the polar bear's home, is experiencing the effects of global warming more than any other places. As the temperature is increasing, ice sheets are becoming smaller and fewer; as a result ... sea to find icy places for hunting and living, which impacts their reproductive capacities and the cubs' chances of survival (NatureCANADA.ca, 2012). The fact is that the population of polar bear has declined by 22 pe...

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... have special rules that they follow so that they do not make the animal mad. They believe that the animals know what is going on even after death. The bear is one of the most respected animals to the Eskimos. The Eskimos remove the feet first so that the spirit of the dead animal does not wander. Then ... are knowledgeable about is the environment. They can tell when a storm is coming by how the seals surface in the water. Also they know how the polar bears hunt the seal. The bear looks for snow caps in the ice, which is where the seals make their dens, then they break away the bottom of...

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... : The 1002 Area is critically important to the ecological integrity of the whole Artic Refuge, providing essential habitats for numerous internationally important species such as the Porcupine Caribou herd and polar bears. Other species affected include: wolves, wolverines, snow geese, seabirds, and shorebirds, artic grayling and coastal fish. The compactness and proximity of a number of artic and ... abundance or distribution of species." Muskoxen Concerns: Displacement of muskoxen from preferred winter habitat Decreased body condition in females Increased incidents of predation Decrease...

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... refuge in the United States. The refuge provides a home to many different, and nearly extinct animals including: musk oxen, caribou, migratory birds, Dall sheep, as well as grizzly, black, and polar bears; and this is just a short list. There are a wide variety of marine mammals that migrate to the Beaufort Sea, off the cost of the refuge, during the summertime (Big ... and extraction activities are concentrated in the refuge's most critical and sensitive areas such as calving grounds for the Porcupine caribou herd and denning areas fro one of America's two polar bear populations. Secon...

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... again (Fay et al 1989). The walrus does not have many predators because of its size. There are only two species that normally feed on the walrus; killer whales and polar bears. The killer whales lives in the same area as the walrus in the spring, summer and fall. During this time of year, the killer whale is known to feed ... on walruses, mainly on young animals and calves (Fay in Born et al. 1995). The polar bear is also known to kill young individuals. Walruses also die of starvation, sickness and intra specific competition during the mating season. Walruses are known for aggressive b...

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... , nobility, and racial superiority. To him, however, the color white only multiplies the terror when it is attached to any object already "terrible" in of itself, such as a shark or polar bear. The whiteness of the whale can have obvious meanings, such as innocence, purity, and cleanliness. However, to some the color white can be symbolic of death, solitude, strength, power, and ... ...

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