The Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) is a bear native largely within the Arctic Circle encircling the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and land masses. Although it is closely related to the Brown Bear, it has evolved to occupy a narrower ecological forte, with many body characteristics adapted for cold temperatures, for moving across snow, ice, and open water, and for hunting the seals which make up most of its diet. Though there are many theories surrounding evolution, the two stand outstanding hypotheses applying to the modification from Brown Bear to Polar Bear are Lamarck’s theory of Use and Disuse, and Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection. The intention of this paper is to compare these thesis and determine the most appropriate in relation this event.…
Polar bears are extreamly well adapted tohunt their prey under water. Keeping warm is no problem for polar bears infact sometimes polar bears have to lay flat on their stomachs on the ice just to cool of. Polar bears have the thickest fur of any bear species. Their fur has two layers. The first layer, the under coat, is the closest to their body it consists of thick, plush, hair that retains heat. The next layer, the outer layer, is a layer made of "guard hairs" and are not actually hair at all they are hollow tubes. the tubes trap air for insulation andalso reflect a visible wavelengths of light in their hollow air space, which combine to make the fur whiteeven though it is in fact colorless. The white coloring provides camoflauge for the bears allowing them to blend in with there white snowy surroundings. Under their fur polar bears have black skin that absorb the sunlight and under that they have a 4-inch layer of blubber. This blubber keeps polar bears warm in the cold water. Polar bears have fur at he bottom of their feet providing extra warmth and traction to the ice. they are adapted to swim 60 miles without a pause to rest. They have have the ability to reduce their metabolic rate when the food is scarce and again when it's…
In the article, “Love in the time of climate change: Grizzlies and polar bears now mating” , Adam Popescu makes a claim saying that the climate change in the north is causing animals to interact/come together and mate. He supports this claim by first explaining that scientist has found the mix breeds of different bears. They are calling them prizzlies/grolars, they are simply the mix of grizzlies and polar bears. They’re considered the fusion of the arctic white bear and their cousins, brown bear. He argues that the bears are finding what they call ‘flexible mate choice’ instead of not mating at all they're mating with the best possible partners. They also mate because they seem to find each other sharing relatively close territories and the…
The polar bear mostly eats seals, walruses, and seabirds. The distinctive features about the polar bears is that it has clear fur and black skin. The polar bears are considered to be endangered, mostly because global warming. The skin type of the polar bear is fur.…
The Department of the Interior protects America’s natural resources while honoring our various heritage, cultures, and tribal communities as well as supplies the energy of the future. The primary focus is within the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Federal Government. The existence of wildlife and plants is constantly threatened as a direct result of humanity. Global Warming is finally receiving acknowledgement necessary to make a difference in the wasteful and destructive routines of human expansion. Artic wildlife is experiencing the most difficulties as the surrounding glaciers are all melting. Our primary focus is on polar bears as they rely on masses of ice to rest after hunting for food. With the emergence of warmer climate, the areas of ice are diminishing leaving polar bears swimming for even longer until they drown from exhaustion. A federal regulation was passed in May of 2008 to protect the polar bear species from extinction by adding them to the endangered list. This should be a wake-up call to every individual living on the planet Earth as it is time to take responsibility for our actions and start making serious changes. Continued decrease of sea ice levels is expected in the future which affects the entire span of polar bears which reclassifies their status as threatened and endangered.…
Under the polar bears thick, white fur they have black skin that reflects light of the freezing arctic landscape. Their fur is oily which helps them to be water repellent; the polar bear's solid fur and a remarkably thick layer of fat under its skin protect it against the cold temperatures of the ice .The fat is important when the bear is swimming, because the fur cannot keep the insulating air trapped in it. The hairs are hollow, so the black skin underneath can absorbed light from the UV rays; these genetic traits allow them to have a better chance of survival in temperatures below zero. The polar bear’s fur grows from 5 to 15 cm long. The growth of the fur is the same amount of insulation from the cold that the polar bear receives. The physical features that defined this species include longer neck and head; this trait allowed the polar bears to reach for their prey. During the day polar bears can locate seals from a long distance. The polar bears are patient when it comes to stalking their prey. They flatten their bodies on the icy surface, their forefront feet are under them and only their hind feet provide the force when moving closer. Sometimes they push a small blocks of ice in front of them to camouflage their dark noses, or cover their noses with their white paws to avoid their prey from seeing them. Polar bears spend a lot time in water; the use of the polar bear limbs in…
The human impact on today’s enlivenment for polar bears isn’t the best. Polar bears are finding harder to service with ice melting earlier in the spring and refreezing later in the fall. With larger oil companies moving closer into the arctic it is affecting the bears even more. Already having to deal with clement change and ice melting faster, big oil has moved in and poring toxins in to the environment. With the working of the oil rigs, oil is spilling out into the water poising the polar bears food sources. Other sea life is ingesting the oil then the polar bear eats the food and then is poising themselves. Polar bears with low health are not able to mate and have cubs, if the bears do have cubs the cubs die at an early age do to the lack…
I chose the grizzly bear because they are very interesting animals. Grizzly Bears use sexual reproduction to reproduce, sexual reproduction is better for Grizzly Bears because if one of the bears has a disease it won’t last forever, through evolution…
Global warming is very bad for the polar bears and all the other animals that live in the snow biome. The reason why it is bad is because the warming of the earth is causing the ice and snow to melt. Which means that the polar bears will not have a place to live this is already happening in some polar parts. Once all the snow and ice melts the polar bears will not have anywhere to live and they won't be able to eat. Which leads to all the animals to become extinct and there will be no more polar areas.…
What is drug abuse? Drug abuse is a pattern of use of a substance that is not considered dependant, mean using a drug that is not prescribed to you. Abuse of drugs or alcohol by parents and other caregivers can have negative effects on the health, safety, and well-being of children. People tend to try drugs once and then again and that’s how they become addicted. People that are strained out on drugs usually need a lot of help. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act requires states to have policies and procedures in place to establish a plan of safe care for newborns identified as being affected by illegal substance abuse or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure.…
Many foreigners believe that Canadians own polar bears as pets, this is true where polar bears live. Elsewhere in Canada, black bears and grizzly bears are kept as pets. Bears are considered dangerous animals, and sometimes monsters, due to their size and the story's of them attacking people. Canadians have been able to tame bears because being vampires, they are monsters themselves.…
Now that it’s time to vote who are you voting for? Is it Hillary Clinton? No? Well, Hillary Clinton has political experience. She has a plan on how to take away the national debt, she wants to stop ISIS, and she understands the issues.…
Grizzly bears of North America have huge cultural significance on native American and European heritage (Kellert, 1994). Indigenous cultures revered these majestic species, its example can be seen in art and literature and Europeans settlers appreciated them for their economic values (Kellert et al., 1996). However, as our society evolved, we became distant from nature and “reverence for the bear was replaced with fear, exploitation, and subordination” (Kellert et al., 1996). Modern culture holds negative perception of them and one of the prime reason for that is the conflict experienced between humans and Grizzly bears. Human-Wildlife conflict, per the proceedings from International Union for the Conservation of Nature World Parks, occurs…
One example of a fallacy in this article is ad hominem. “The courts should require the government to disclose this information and quickly, and the practice of delving into travelers' private lives at the border without reason to suspect them of wrongdoing should ultimately end. Everything we know about the government's searches of devices at the border suggests the government is dramatically expanding an unconstitutional program.” This section of the article is an ad hominem fallacy, for it is blaming the courts decisions on government powers instead of addressing issues concerning facts about rights. The section only focuses on the courts character instead of the anti-rights.…
It’s crazy to think that these big bears are related to all these species. The bears that were first on this world looked like racoons. Bears never started off as big organisms, they were small and didn’t really care for what things around them were doing. Racoons, to this day, still are on earth, as well as dogs, and pinnipeds. Over time they eventually grew into something big.…