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Polar bears' fur consists of a dense, insulating undercoat topped by guard hairs of various lengths. Each hair shaft is pigment-free and transparent with a hollow core that scatters and reflects visible light, much like what happens with ice and snow.
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∙ 6y agoA polar bear's skin is black and the fur is actually transparent. The fur lets light through to the skin where it can be absorbed.
Besides, for a lot of the year there isn't enough sunlight to be of much use WRT to keeping warm.
White is camouflage, and warm, and there's a layer of blubber below. That's a better way of keeping warm in polar regions.
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Do polar bears have hair?
yes, polar bears have fur.
Do polar bears have 2 layers of hair?
Polar Bears have two layers of hair...they grow their second layer of hair when have reached Adulthood.
Do young polar bears look different from adult polar bears?
yes, they are smaller and have not as much hair ;)
What type of fur does a polar bear have?
Polar bears actually have translucent hollow fur, as such that it is so thick that it is reflected back to us as white.
What do polar bears have on their feet that other bears don't?
Long hair on the bottoms.
Why do polar bears have lots of hair?
to keep them warm
What color are polar bears?
polar bears are blackPolar bears have transparent fur over black skin. Reflection of the sunlight from the densely packed transparent hairs makes polar bears seem to be white.a polar bears fur is white so the answer is white!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :Pblack to absorb heat in the arcticOriginally black
You observe 200 polar bears all of which are white You conclude that all polar bears are white This is an example of?
In Statistics, this is an example of population sampling (when you take a sample from the whole and draw conclusions based upon it). -on a side note- Polar bears are actually black with thick, translucent fur. It appears white because it reflects off of the ice and snow.
To what are polar bears related?
polar bears are related to bears.
Who saves polar bears?
Polar bears do.
How do the male polar bears and female polar bears make baby polar bears?
They reproduce.
Do polar bears grow fast?
POLAR BEARS Polar bears actually grow pretty fast.
