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Polar bears eat seals. Seals swim faster than bears do, so the bears need a big area of ice floating on the sea. The bear waits by a hole in the ice. When a seal comes up through the hole for air, the bear is ready. Polar bears need food, and that's why they need ice. I don't know why or whether they need snow.
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∙ 15y agoPolar bears don't need ice, they are adapted to the ice. Which means they are addicted or may live well than any other place in the world in the artic.
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∙ 14y agoThat is their primary means of hunting (seals).
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∙ 15y agoPolar bears, though excellent swimmers in ice-cold waters, are land animals. If one is far offshore and a floe is nearby, maybe it will clamber up onto the floe to have a nap.
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∙ 12y agoIt provides a surface to hunt on and to travel on.
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∙ 11y agocause they get too warm
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Why is melting sea ice such a threat to the polar bears?
Melting sea ice is a threat to the polar bears because without the sea ice the polar bears predators will see them and swim away.
What season do polar bears not eat?
Polar bears main eat seals, which they hunt from the ice. During summer, when much of the sea ice melts, polar bears find ift difficult to find food.
What are some consumers in the polar ice biome?
Penguins, polar bears, sea lions, etc.
By what are polar bears surrounded?
Polar bears are surrounded by ice and other cold sea animals. They live way in the Antartica. So they are surrounded by freezing water and lots of ice.
This contributes to the polar bears endangerment?
global warming, melting of sea ice...
How could polar bears become extinct?
by global warming...Sea ice losses in the Arctic fromglobal warmingare the major threat to polar bears. Polar bears depend on sea ice for hunting, breeding, and in some cases, denning. In 2012,summer ice lossesin the Arctic were larger than the size of the United States.
In what sea do you find polar bears?
Polar bears are found, not in the ocean, but in the land and ice floes surrounding the Arctic Ocean.
Are polar bear caves in glaciers?
No. Polar bears really don't live in caves, they live out on the sea ice.
How is a rising sea level affecting the polar bear?
Polar bears aren't much troubled by the rising sea levels, as they aren't particularly interested in what goes on at the coastline anyhow. The big problem for the polar bears is the temperature. The warmer it gets, the longer it takes for the ice to form. and polar bears use the ice sheet to hunt for seals from.
Would a polar bear live comfortably in Hawaii?
No because it is hot in Hawaii. Polar Bears only live in the Polar Regions of the World.no
What unanswered questions are there about polar bears?
Will they survive global warming and melting of sea ice?
Why is the ice of the polar bear melting?
The ice at the North Pole is constantly melting because: Pollution clogs up the atmosphere, so it traps greenhouse gases inside the Earth. Greenhouse gases keep us warm, so they're normally a good thing, but now we have wayyyyy to much. Polar bears need ice to live on. (hello, they can't swim forever!) Also, they catch their fish through holes in the ice.
