My Daughters Polar Bear Report Outline
Polar Bear
- Introduction
- Body
- Elongated body and long slender neck.
- Black skin and thick blubber
- Thick blubber
- Four inches thick
- Keep warm under water
- Fur
- Has no color
- Hollow tubes
- Oily and water repellent
- Completely molts
- Key to survival
- Weight and length
- Average male weighs over 1000 pounds
- Females weigh about 700 pounds
- About nine feet long
- Head
- Black nose, eyes, and tongue
- Keen sense of smell
- Excellent eye sight
- Third eyelid
- Nostrils close underwater
- 42 sharp teeth
- Sharp canine teeth and powerful jaws
- Age of Polar Bear known by teeth
- Small rounded ears
- Legs and feet
- Large and stubby
- Front feet are webbed
- Sharp claws
- Walks bow legged to balance on ice
- Dog paddle technique
- Tail
- Small tail
- 7 - 12 cm long
- Internal organs
- Habitat
- Found throughout the arctic region
- Lives in United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, and Greenland
- Food
- Feeds mainly on Ringed or Bearded Seals
- Also eats seabirds, lemmings, fish, birds, ducks, eggs, berries, plants, and garbage
- Rarely eats humans
- Behavior
- Basically solitary
- Exceptions
- Mating season
- Mother-Cub interaction
- Fighting
- Occurs during breeding season
- When food is scarce
- Love to wrestle
- Very curious
- Stand on hind legs to look around
- Visit garbage dumps
- Love to ride floating ice
- Clasp muzzles to greet each other
- Swim for 6 hours without getting stopping
- Can swim over 100 miles without stopping
- Can stay under water for two minutes
- Can swim 3-4 ft. deep
- Can see 15 ft. away under water
- Babies
- Gestation period is 8 months
- Cubs weigh about 2 pounds
- About the size of a kitten when born, look hairless
- Helpless at birth
- Cubs can't see, hear, smell, or walk
- Born November - January in a den
- Mother digs den
- Ventilation hole for air
- If disturbed in her den, a Polar Bear could have dead cubs
- Cub stay with mother for 3 - 4 years
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