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The ulna is estimated to have been 48.5 cm (19 in) long when complete- for comparison, modern subadult polar bear ulnae are 36–43 cm (14–17 in) long. [1] The ulna was dated to the early Weichselian of the Late Pleistocene (~70kya). [2] Of the 16 specimens identified as Pleistocene polar bears, this is the only fossil ascribed to this ...
Kurtén was born in Vaasa in 1924. He was a member of the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. He graduated from the Vaasa Svenska Samskola in 1943, but his education was interrupted by World War II, and he did not resume studies until he finished his military service in 1945.
Knut (German pronunciation: ⓘ; 5 December 2006 – 19 March 2011) was an orphaned polar bear born in captivity at the Berlin Zoological Garden. Rejected by his mother at birth, he was raised by zookeepers. He was the first polar bear cub to survive past infancy at the Berlin Zoo in more than 30 years.
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).
By around 20,000 BP the climate was so cold, with much of Britain under ice and the rest a polar desert, so that little life could survive, and the glacial fauna also went extinct. The climate began to warm again around 11,700 BP, entering the present climatic period known as the Holocene. Animals repopulated Britain and Ireland.
The polar bear then fled to a nearby wooded area, where it later died from the gunshot wounds. Officers with the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service responded to the scene after reports of gunfire and a ...
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A man suffered severe injuries early Tuesday after being attacked by a polar bear in Canada, according to police. "The man who leapt onto a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled is ...