Polar bear | Animalz

Polar bearA bear that hunts on Arctic sea ice. It feeds mainly on seals and moves between ice and land.Black skin beneath pale furIts coat looks white, but its skin is black. Broad forepaws also help it swim.Waiting on the ice for sealsSea ice is a hunting platform for polar bears. They wait beside seal breathing holes, while their broad feet also serve them on ice and in water. Camera and movement collars allow researchers to study hunting and resting even when people cannot follow the bears continuously.During April 2014–2016, nine female polar bears were followed for eight to eleven days on Beaufort Sea ice. Collar video recorded both sit-and-wait and stalking tactics while hunting seals. Six bears with continuous accelerometer records spent 22–40% of each day in non-resting behaviour.Beneath pale-looking fur, the skin is black. Fur on the soles helps limit heat loss on ice and snow, linking the swimming body with life on a frozen hunting platform.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.Loss of sea ice reduces seal-hunting habitat. Arctic nations have cooperated on habitat protection, hunting management and research.