Polar Bear Cub Plush

From a love of blubber to enormous paws, polar bears are remarkable animals, with many unusual adaptations that help them thrive in the Arctic. 

Polar bears rely on Arctic sea ice for their survival, a habitat that is literally melting away as the planet warms. They use the ice as a platform to hunt seals, to breed, to roam, and sometimes to den. Polar bears range across the circumpolar Arctic, in five “polar bear nations”: Canada, the United States, Russia, Norway, and Greenland. (And, by the way, polar bears don’t live in Antarctica. Penguins do!)

Polar bears are made for roaming the Arctic. Black footpads on the bottom of each paw are covered by small, soft bumps known as papillae. Papillae grip the ice and keep the bear from slipping. 

Surprisingly, polar bear fur looks white but isn’t. Each hair shaft is pigment-free and transparent with a hollow core that scatters and reflects visible light. Polar bears look white because their fur reflects sunlight.

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