Polar+Bear+Period+5

James Wilby and Sterrett Woods
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1. Where does your animal live, and what are its characteristics? Locate your animal’s habitat (Where does it live? Does it migrate?)
 * It lives in Alaska, Sweden, Arctic Islands, Greenland and Canada. Yes it migrates.**

Include all subspecies or varieties of your animal
 * Black bear, grizzle bear, and brown bear are all varieties of our animal.**

Identify at least 10 characteristics that will give an in-depth, accurate description of your animal


 * The average weight for a male polar bear is about 770- 1320 pounds. Now a female' weight ranges from 330-880 pounds. Some names that the polar bear is often called are the sea bear, the ice bear, the white bear, and even the nanook. The average length of a male polar bear (not including the tail) is about 6.8-8 feet, the height of to the shoulders of a polar bear is 52-56 inches. The length of a female polar bear is about 5-8 feet. The life span of an average polar bear is about 20 to 25 years. The color of polar bears can sometimes be thought of as always white, but they are not always that color. Some colors that it has been found are white, yellow, gray, and sometimes even brown. The polar bear can reach a high speed of 24 miles per hour. The sexual maturity rate for the bear is about 3-5 years for males and 4-5 years fro females. A polar bear's frequency of reproduction is every 3 years. The skin is actually black and can only be seen on its nose and the pads of it's feet where there us no fur. The pads of the polar bear's feet help grip on the slippery ice that the polar bear usually walks on. The polar bear likes to hunt in the water because there is a lot more food in the sea. The species of polar bear is //Ursus maritimus.//**

2. Where and why is your animal endangered? Locate where it is endangered (might not be endangered in all its habitats)
 * The polar bear is endangered in the arctic islands, Alaska, and Canada.**

Identify the factors, environmental and/or anthropogenic (caused by man) that cause it to be endangered.
 * Some environmental and anthropogenic that cause the polar bear to be endangered is oil drilling, hunting of it, and the food it eats, global warming and green house gases; which cause the ice to melt.**

Provide statistics and other facts related to its endangerment
 * The Ice is melting and the polar bears are losing their habitats. The theory is that man-made green house gases are warming the earth**

3. Where is your animal in captivity and/or conserved? Locate at least two zoos and/or conservation centers where the animal is held.
 * Some locations are the Pittsburgh Zoo and the PPG Aquarium, the San Diego Zoo, the Bronx Zoo, the Singapore Zoo, and the Berlin Zoo.**

4. What is being done to restore your animal’s populations? Where is it being done? Locate where research is done on your animal and where efforts are underway to conserve its population (Note: It may be that this is done at the same location(s) you identified in #3) Identify the experts, leaders, and/or groups guiding the conservation**
 * Polar Bear International is researching and trying to conserve and the zoos in #3 are always researching


 * The president of the United States, Dan Guravich (president of Polar Bear International), Wayne Pacelle (president of HSUS), Global warming scientists, and National Resources Defense Council are all trying to restore the polar bear's population.**

Outline any research and efforts to conserve the population They accept and encourage donations that will go to polar bear helping projects. They want people to know about the polar bear and to understand what is happening to them.**
 * Polar bear international is educating public about polar bears.


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Bibliography (All Resources Used)** http://www.arkive.org/ http://www.sandiegozoo.org/ http://www.zoo-berlin.de/en.html http://www.pittsburghzoo.org/ http://www.chem.ucla.edu http://www.seaworld.com/ http://www.hsus.org/ http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ http://alaska.fws.gov http://www.defenders.org http://www.eastgreenland.com http://www.nkf-mt.org.uk http://www.bronxzoo.com/ http://www.zoo.com.sg/

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