AN ICY LAIR IN THE POLAR REGION
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The polar regions are the icy areas around the North and South Pole. The Arctic and Antarctic are in the polar regions. Polar bears, penguins, seals, whales, and walrus are a few of the wildlife that live in these very cold regions.
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The polar regions are the icy areas around the North and South Pole. The Arctic and Antarctic are in the polar regions. Polar bears, penguins, seals, whales, and walrus are a few of the wildlife that live in these very cold regions. AN ICY LAIR IN THE POLAR REGION. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The polar regions are the icy areas around the North and South Pole. The Arctic and Antarctic are in the polar regions. Polar bears, penguins, seals, whales, and walrus are a few of the wildlife that live in these very cold regions.
AN ICY LAIR IN THE POLAR REGION
The polar bear or the sea or ice bear are the world's largest land predators. They can be found in the Artic, the U.S. (Alaska), Canada, Russia, Denmark (Greenland), and Norway.
The polar bear is the most carnivorous member of the bear family: most of its diet consists of fish and seals.
THEY ARE XPERT
SWIMMERS, THEY SWIM
UNDERWATER TO CATCH
FISH.
At birth, polar bear cubs are 12 to 14 inches long and weigh around one pound.
POLAR BEARS ARE VERY PROTECTIVE OF THEIR
CUBS.
Male polar bears may grow 10 feet tall and weigh over 1400 pounds. Females reach seven feet and weigh 650 pounds.
THE MOTHER BEAR LOOKS AFTER
HER CUB UNTIL THEY ARE FULLY GROWN
Global warming is adversely affecting the polar bears, by melting away sheets of Arctic ice very rapidly, which are their floating homesand hunting grounds. Polar bears are also poached for their meat by men.
SOME ANIMALS HAVING MANE
