adult polar bear | can run at 40 km per hour | |
can stay underwater for 2 minutes | |
can swim at 6.4 km per hour | |
eats seals, walrus, carrion, fish, mussels, crabs, starfish, eggs, grass, mushrooms, berries, lemmings, humans | |
has breeding season April and May | |
has good eyesight | |
has good sense of smell | |
has part black tongue | |
has part brown eyes | |
has part fur-covered foot pads | |
has part long narrow head | |
has part very small ears | |
hibernates | |
is solitary | |
is a kind of polar bear | |
moults during May to August | |
reaches sexual maturity by 5 -7 years | |
polar bear | can be killed by humans, killer whale, male walrus | |
has colour creamy white | |
has habitat southern broken edge of the arctic ice pack | |
has scientific name Ursus maritimus | |
is used by Inuit for food and clothing | |
swims by paddling only with its front feet | |
bear | has Family name Family Ursidae | |
carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
is carnivorous or omnivorous | |
mammal | is warm-blooded | |
may catch rabies | |