Polar Bear
The polar bear is an animal that
resembles a clean white cotton wadding that huge. His form is very cute and
adorable, making people want to have it or just hug it. The polar bear is one
of the world's biggest carnivores. It eats seals, sea lions, fish, and birds.
The population of these animals scattered throughout the Polar Regions, Alaska,
Canada, Russia and Norway. However, the scientists predict, 2/3 of the polar
bear populations around the world will be extinct by 2050. The biggest threat
is not a polar bear hunt but global climate change. Hudson Bay in Canada is one
of the world's polar bear habitats in the most threatened.
Do you know? The weight male polar
bear is equal to 10x the weight of an adult human, which is about 800 kg. While
the weight of a female polar bear only half the weight of male bear. And high
adult polar bear about 2.5 meters. Polar bear have a 10 cm thick fat under the
skin. This makes polar bear can survive in extremely cold temperatures. Polar
bears are great swimmers. Although it does not have fins like fish, polar bears
are capable of swimming as far as 60 miles without stopping. Polar bears swim
using front legs, and hind legs act as a rudder. Nostril will close and the
eyes will remain open while swimming in the water. Polar bear fur and the body
will not get wet. This is because the polar bear has a lot of oil glands in all
parts of the skin. Polar bear sense of smell is very sharp. He can smell
carcasses of fish as far as 20 miles. He is also able to detect the seal hiding
under the thick ice of 1.5 meters. Polar bears will be holding his nose while
hunting. It is intended that the perfect disguise. Because only part of the
nose is black, while the rest of her color is white. The actual color of a
polar bear is not white, but the polar bears fur transparent because it does
not have a color pigment. Polar bear fur will be very white and clean during
the summer. This is because every summer before the fall polar bear fur and
feathers replaced new, white and clean.
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