Polar bear project

Polar bear

the project was prepared by Ekaterina Vorobyeva

Habitat

Polar bears live in the far North of Russia and in the Arctic . This is a very strong and powerful animals .

Appearance

The polar bear is the largest terrestrial representative of carnivorous mammals. Its length reaches 3 m, weight up to 1 tonne are Usually males weigh 400-450 kg, body length of 200-250 cm, height at the withers 130-150 cm Females noticeably smaller (200-300 kg).

Food

It lives on drifting and landfast sea ice where it hunts for its main prey: ringed seal, sea hare, walrus, etc. of marine animals. He catches them sneaking up from behind cover, or near holes: is the animal to stick his head out of the water like a bear paw to stun prey and pulls her onto the ice.

Protection

Listed in the Red Book of Russia. Slow reproduction and high mortality of young animals make this animal very vulnerable. But now the population is considered stable or even growing.