Posts Tagged ‘polar-bear’

The grizzly bear: the giant American Bear

Dear readers, surely the Grizzly, otherwise known as the grizzly bear is one of the best known species of brown bear as well as one of the most feared (rightly). We know that the polar bear has the record for size, but larger specimens of the Grizzly are very competitive. Frightening because of its size, [...]

Polar bears family life

Polar bears are usually solitary animals, but in southern areas of the Arctic will meet in the land during the ice-free season. Couples wishing to reproduce stay together for about a week, then split. The most constant social interaction occurs between mothers and their pups. In late autumn, pregnant females dig dens in deep piles [...]

Polar bears in danger

The polar bear is the largest terrestrial carnivores of the world, but its Latin name (Ursus maritimus) notes that spends most of his life in and around the water. Is a polar bear swimmers and can reach a speed of 10 mph using the front paws like oars while the rear used as a rudder. [...]

Hide n seek with a polar bear

The photo sequence proposed in the post today shows the singular encounter between a human and a polar bear at a car park in Barrow, Alaska. The man, noticing the presence behind the big white car, managed to escape the attack by turning his car around proved providential. The fact polar bear can reach speeds [...]

The dramatic images of polar bears adrift on an iceberg

What a poor polar bears? The dramatic images of this post show mother bear and her cub about nine months adrift on a fragment of icebergs off the coast of Norway. The slow and inexorable dissolution of the ice caused the posting of a piece of ice on which they found themselves trapped the two [...]