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Polar Bears

Adult females Polar Bears weigh between 500 & 600 pounds. Males polar bears can be up to ten feet (3 meters) and weigh up to 1,700 pounds (771 kilograms).  [|Polar bears] need 2kg of fat per day. P olar bears eat about anything when food is unavailable. Polar bears eat whales, seals, fish,& sea birds. For dinner polar bears camp out next to a seal breathing hole. Polar bears stalk their preys for food.
 * Weight & Height**
 * Food & diet[[image:polar_food.jpg width="226" height="196"]]**

**Polar Bears in Danger** Polar bears might become extinct from within 100 years because of global warming. United States listed the polar bears as a threatened species. Global warming is the only threat to the polar bears because it melting the ice. Only humans prey on polar bears no other animal.The melting ice reduces the ability to find food for the [|polar bears].

Polar bear is the largest bear. P olar bears scientific name is **Ursus Maritimus (sea bear). When polar bears get out of the water they use there paw pads to get out of the water and not slip** . P olar bears can swim 100 miles (161 kilometers). Polar bears are closely related to brown bears. When polar bears get wet they dry off in the snow while sliding on it.  Polar bears skin allows them to absorb sunlight for warmth. Cubs are no bigger than a rat when born.In order for polar bears to stay fat and warm they must eat a lot of food, namely seal blubber .Polar bears live in the artic and they [|hibernate] during the winter
 * Polar Bears [|Themself][[image:polar-bear-on-sea-ice.jpg width="272" height="172"]]**