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Polar bear. The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas. It is closely related to the brown bear, and the two species can interbreed. The polar bear is the largest extant species of bear and land carnivore, with adult males weighing 300–800 kg (660–1,760 lb). The species is sexually dimorphic, as ...
Binky (polar bear) Binky (1975 – July 20, 1995) was a captive male polar bear who lived at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage. In separate incidents in 1994, Binky mauled two zoo visitors; these events received international news coverage. He was originally orphaned near Cape Beaufort, close to the Chukchi Sea in the Alaska North Slope, and was ...
This is one of the largest polar bear enclosures in the world and one of the few zoos to house the species in the UK as of 2020. In 2021, the Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre was converted into a Project Polar 2. The two-part exhibit houses female Polar Bear Flocke and one of her three cubs, Tala. (The other two cubs from Flocke are Indy and ...
Gus (bear) Gus (1985–August 27, 2013) was a 700-pound (320 kg) [1][2] polar bear and icon of the Central Park Zoo in New York City. [3] His exhibit was visited by over 20 million people during his lifetime. [3][4] He came to public notice in the 1990s, when he began swimming obsessively in his pool for up to 12 hours a day.
July 23, 2024 at 9:00 AM. Shutterstock/Ondrej Prosicky. Located in Winkhill, United Kingdom, Peak Wildlife Park is one of the UK's most beloved zoos. With a focus on conservation and education ...
The key danger for polar bears posed by the effects of climate change is malnutrition or starvation due to habitat loss.Polar bears hunt seals from a platform of sea ice. Rising temperatures cause the sea ice to melt earlier in the year, driving the bears to shore before they have built sufficient fat reserves to survive the period of scarce food in the late summer and early fall.
A grizzly-polar-bear-hybrid (also named grolar bear, pizzly bear, zebra bear, [1][2] grizzlar, or nanulak) is a rare ursid hybrid that has occurred both in captivity and in the wild. In 2006, the occurrence of this hybrid in nature was confirmed by testing the DNA of a unique-looking bear who had been shot near Sachs Harbour, Northwest ...
25 April 2018. (2018-04-25) (aged 27) Singapore Zoo. Parent (s) Nanook and Sheba. Inuka (Inuit for "foreboding strength" [1]) was a male polar bear and one of the mascots of the Singapore Zoo. Born and housed in a climate-controlled enclosure, he was the world's only "tropical polar bear". [2]