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Polar bears

Polar Bears. Polar bears. by Amy Vardsveen. By Amy Vardsveen. Scientific Classification  Kingdon: Animalia Phylum : Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae Genus: Urus(Bear) Martimus(sea). Dimension

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Polar bears

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  1. Polar Bears Polar bears by Amy Vardsveen By Amy Vardsveen

  2. Scientific Classification  Kingdon: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae Genus: Urus(Bear) Martimus(sea) Dimension The polar bears coat is 1-2in. thick. They have blubber around 4 inches thick. Length: male polar bears(boars) weigh about 772-1,433lb. and are 8.2-9.8 ft long. Females weigh 331-551 lb. and are 6.0-8.2 ft long. Pregnant females can weigh 1,102 lb. The largest polar bear was a male that weighed 2,209 lb and was 12 ft long. Classification

  3. Colors and markings It has white fur with black skin and this helps it get more heat from the sun. Shape oval shape body with a white coat, a tiny tail and 4 legs(like other bears). Compared to other bears polar bears have a longer neck and slender bodies. Colors, markings and shape

  4. Polar Bears live in the artic and parts of Canada. Its surroundings are artic sea ice, lots of water, islands, and continental coastlines. The environment there is cold and harsh most of the time. Polar bears eat seals, fish, and any thing else they can find like ocashionally a dead wale. Habitat and Diet

  5. Family life Polar bears usually have 2 cubs that they carry for 8 months. The mothers dig wholes in snow drifts where they give birth to their cubs.The cubs are usually born in the winter and they are with their mothers for 28 months until they are ready to go of on their own!

  6. Polar bears are social, frendly,and easy going. Polar bears are the largest and most predatory of all the bears. Polar bears live from 15-18 years but every once in a wile one will live to be 30 or older. They are the only true carnivores. Social behavior and Characteristics

  7. Polar bears have lived in the artic for many years so their bodies are adapted and developed for their suvival. People hunted and distroyed the polar bear population until 1970 the International Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears and Their Habitat made laws to stop them from distroying the polar bear population! Thanks to them polar bears are still alive today! The Polar bears population is slowly growing! Now their is about 20,000-25,000 bears. About 60% of them live in canada.Scientists have found out that the number one threat to polar bears is global warming. Global warming is melting the ice that polar bears need for hunting, breeding and denning. History and Present Status

  8. Polar bears relashionship with humans is like the relashionship dogs have with rabbits, the polar bear could kill the human or it could become friends with the person.It just depends on if the polar bear chooses to like you or not! Polar bears are not scared of humans and will atack if someone gets to close or it feals threatened! Plolar bears are the largest land predator and biggest member of the bear family. Polar bears often have a problem with over heating. Polar bears are also medical wonders. Denning females spend long periods of time immobile without eating or drinking, yet they do not lose bone mass or suffer from lack of water. Relationship to Humans and Other Facts

  9. websites http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/polar-bear/physical-characteristics.htm http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/bears/18255 http://endangeredpolarbear.com/history_of_polar_bears.htm http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/polar-bears/bear-essentials-polar-style/conservation/current-status http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animal/mammals/polar-bear/ www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoalcoelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/cr aniata/mammaliakarnivora/polarbear.htm

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