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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