By: Chris Prokipchuk

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• By Chris Prokipchuk
• Mr.Lupus class
• Grade 7

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• The polar bear lives at the top of the world in
  the Arctic Circle. This land provides no shelter
  what so ever, but this unique bear is at home
  hear. Polar bears live most of their lives on ice
  floats were it is easier to hunt. Polar bears
  also spend most of their time in the water
  hunting for them. In the summer polar bears come
  ashore and act like normal brown bears. Polar
  bears live in the tundra biome north of Canada.
  The tundra is a biome filled with snow and is
  cold most of the year. In the tundra there are
  pretty much no plants.

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• Did you know that a polar bears fur looks white
  but really it has no color at all in fact each
  hair is really a hollow tube that lets sunlight
  go through to its black skin. That helps the
  polar bear keep warm, some on the sunlight
  reflects off the bear and makes it look white.
  This bear has a layer of blubber to keep it warm,
  this layer of fat can get to 10 cm thick. A male
  polar bear can get up to 410 kilos and a female
  up to 225 kilos. The polar bear paw is very long
  it can grow to 30 cm wide and 18 cm long. A polar
  bear has very long nose and head. All though
  polar bears have very small ears cause they
  dont need to hear well. All they need is their
  nose to hunt besides if their ears were any
  bigger they would stick out and freeze! Its
  niche is the top of the food web in the arctic
  circle.

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• The polar bears only enemy is humans and poachers
  ( even there are barely any in the arctic). The
  polar bear also has no predators because it is
  the top of the food chain up in the arctic circle.

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• When a mother polar bear knows it is time for her
  to have her cubs she will dig a den out of snow
  for her to give birth to them. The mother bear
  usually has two cubs, the cubs are born in
  January or February. The cubs weigh about 600
  grams at birth. Then they will stay with their
  mother for 3 years when their almost full grown
  and 3 weeks in the den before that. The female
  polar bear will teach them how to hunt for food
  the father will do nothing.

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• Did you know that the polar bear is called the
  the king of the arctic coast mammals because it
  the biggest carnivore in the arctic.
  
• Did you know that the polar bear doesnt
  hibernate.
  
• Also the polar bear can smell a seal from 5
  kilometres away.
  
• Did you know that the polar bear gets most of its
  food by hunting.n
  
• Did you know that the polar bears habitat is
  slowly disappearing.

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• Class Mammalia(mammal)
• OrderCarnivora(meat eater)
• Family Ursidae(bear family)
• Genus Species Ursus Martimus(sea bear)