Donate February 27 The International Polar Bear Day 2025. A special date for Increasing awareness about the impact of climate change in polar bear populations.
The Bears population nowadays is 20-25,000 people who are divided into 19 populations on the icy surface of the Arctic area. 60-80% is in Canada. It is the highest link in the food chain of this ecosystem and feeds almost exclusively with seals that hunt at sea. They break with strokes and strokes, with their 300-500 kg weight, the ice surface to catch them. And it is no coincidence that they have specialized in the seals.
Polar bears need large amounts of fat to fast the summer monthsWhen sea ice goes back and there is less opportunity to find food. Their digestion is very efficient and manages to store up to 97% of the fat they consume.
The pregnant females build their cave in the ice where they have their young (mostly two) and will spend the winter feeding with their reserves.
Some curiosity about the polar bears that can interest you:
- Loose Polish They spend most of the time in the sea (their scientific name is Ursus Maritimus).
- They have a great sense of smell and about 10 cm fat to keep them hot.
- Males usually weigh between 351 and 544 kg.
- They hunt for seals of ice platforms.
- The fur of these animals is transparent so that sunlight crosses its hair layer and the skin can absorb as much heat as possible.
Climate change reduces the amount of time they can spend in the sea on their favorite prey
While the Arctic Sea is lost, polar bears have to go north more than a thousand kilometers from the coast or swim to the south to reach the mainland, because the ice melts and breaks, causing the amount of time they can spend in search of food in sea ice.
Scientists use the DNA of the collected hair samples to determine which polar bears appear and how long. This information can help minimize conflicts between people and bears, and understand what the current situation of these animals is. Climate change reduces the amount of time that can happen in the sea that hunts their favorite prey, the seals, and this analysis will also be able to know whether their behavior is changing to adapt to the loss of sea ice.
Pool bears cannot survive without sea, it is necessary to feed, travel and like a platform to hunt seals, their most important food source. This bear seemed to be in healthy circumstances, but the species runs the risk of extinction because the climate change ensures that his habitat melts at high speed. In the past 45 years, the population has been reduced by at least 30%.