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An endangered species is a native species that faces a significant risk of extinction in the near future throughout all or a significant portion of its range. Such species may be declining in number due to threats such as habitat destruction, climate change, or pressure from invasive species.
Polar Bear
An Endangered Animal
Contents
Where Do Polar Bears Live? How Do Polar Bears Live? Why Are Polar Bears Endangered? How to prevent polar bears from Extinct?
All polar bears have fat under their fur. The fat on a polar bears body can become two to three inches thick. The fur on the bottom of their paws ensures they wont slip on the ice.
Polar bears live in temperatures below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. They live in cold, icy places in the north, like Canada and Alaska. They live in places with short summers and long winters.
The two main focuses of this solitary creature's life are to conserve energy and to hunt for food.
Primary prey
Walrus
Harp
Bearded Seal
Polar bears can live to be 25 years old and unlike other types of bears, polar bears do not hibernate in the winter.
Polar bears are endangered for many reasons. One reason is water pollution. When polar bears eat prey that live in water polluted by oil spills and other kinds of pollution, they get sick and die. Other than that, polar bears are endangered because of hunters. Hunters kill polar bears to make coats and rugs from their fur.
They get killed by toxic gases ,oil spillage and because of the ice melting, they cannot hunt so they try to eat each other.
Stop pollution