Polar Bears

polar bear

 

Polar Bears use color to camouflage with the snow. They live on the snow and ice all year round.

2009: Sleeping bearphoto © Diane Brown, used with permission  
2009: Posing for usphoto © Diane Brown, used with permission  
polar bearphoto © Richard Sidey, used with permission  
Polar Bear and Ice Bergsphoto © Anne-Line Brink, used with permission  
2008 Polar bear
photo © Diane Brown, used with permission

 

Polar bears are good swimmers.

cubs  
Polar Bear / Ursus maritimus / Isbjørn  
2009: Junior is spent photo © Diane Brown, used with permission  
sleeping  
Polar bear on ice floe
photo © Karl, Karlvg on Flickr.com, used with permission		  
Polar bears
photo © Environmental Defense Fund, used with permission		  
falling behind
photo © Environmental Defense Fund, used with permission

 

Falling behind?

Click to watch these videos

Polar bear swimming on thin ice
© BBC Natural History Unit

Polar bears have big paws which are used as paddles for swimming.

Polar Bear with Cubs
 Only the foot pads and the tip of its nose are black.

Two young polar bears play fighting.
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