A POLAR BEAR

The polar bear is a large bear that lives in the Arctic. it is also called White bear or Northern bear. It has black fur under the white fur.

APPEARANCE

Polar bear fur consists of a layer of dense underfur and an outer layer of guard hairs. They are strong and can swim very well. Polar bears are similar in size to a normal bear but have a slimmer neck, longer legs and fur.

LIFE

They are mostly carnivorous. They eat mostly seals and fish. When polar bears hunt, they often wait at holes in the ice, where the seals come up to breathe. Polar bears live alone. Young polar bears stay with their mothers for 1 - 2 years and they become mature when they are 5 - 6 years old.

MATING

Polar bears mate in april or may. The cub is born in december, when the mother is hibernating. The cub stays in the den with the mother until march. Then they all come out. They have to eat immediately after hibernating. Sometimes, because of global warming this is impossible and the cubs die before they have a chance to live. The cub leaves its mother in 2 -3 years.