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Open my wish list →Polar bears live in the Arctic. Their home includes Greenland, Canada, Alaska, Russia and the Svalbard islands of Norway.
The polar bear depends on the ocean so much that it is counted as a marine mammal. It lives mainly on sea ice, and it has to move onto land in summer when the sea ice disappears.
SourceSmall bumps on the pads of its large, wide paws may help a polar bear grip slippery ice. Stiff fur on the sole of each foot keeps it from slipping.
SourceA polar bear's nose is so powerful that it can smell a seal on the ice 32 kilometres away.
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From winter to early spring, a polar bear's main way of hunting is to wait. It stays still beside a seal's breathing hole in the sea ice, or another spot near the water, and waits for a seal to come by. This can last hours. When a seal comes up, the bear tries to pull it out with its paws and claws. The seal it catches most often is the ringed seal, but it also hunts bearded seals and harp seals. At other times, when a bear spots a seal resting out on the ice, it creeps slowly towards it with its head and neck held low.
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Sometime between August and October, a mother polar bear makes a den for the winter, under snow, earth or both. There she usually gives birth to two cubs. Between late February and early April, the mother comes out of the den. By then the cubs weigh about 10 to 15 kilograms. The family stays near the den for about two weeks, then heads out onto the sea ice. In their first year, the cubs stay close to their mother and learn to hunt by watching her. At around two years old, they can hunt on their own.
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