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A 6-year-long study recently found that polar bears can swim for great distances. GPS collars were attached to 20 female bears, some with cubs. The swims documented lasted from 17 hours to nearly 10 days and covered between 33 and 427 miles (54 and 687 kilometers) in the southern Beaufort Sea above Canada and Alaska.
There are no earlier studies on polar bear swims, but there has not been enough open water in recent years for bears to swim such distances.
Polar bears rely on sea-ice in the Arctic to hunt their prey, seals, but this ice is melting earlier every year. Scientists fear that cubs especially will not survive long swims. Twelve of the 20 bears had cubs when the collars were fitted, but when 10 of the 12 were recaptured a year later, only 6 still had cubs.
U.S. Geological Survey (link below).
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How far can a polar bear swim without stopping?
Polar bears can swim for hundreds of miles without stopping as they have been spotted out at sea hundreds of miles awat from any ice or land.
How does the elongated head and body of a polar bear help it survive?
This helps them ( the polar bears ) move through the water and polar bears need water to live. In fact, this marine mammal can swim for 60 miles without stopping!! Your welcome
How does the elongated head and body of a polar bear help it to survive?
This helps them ( the polar bears ) move through the water and polar bears need water to live. In fact, this marine mammal can swim for 60 miles without stopping!! Your welcome
What is the cruising speed of a polar bear?
The typical cruising speed of a polar bear is about 3 1/2 miles per hour on land. When swimming, a polar bear can cruise at about 6 MPH.
What is a nonpolar tail?
it is a polar bear without a tail
How many can a polar bear can swim in 1 go?
50 miles
How far does a polar bear travel for food?
Polar bears often travel hundreds of miles to find food.
A bear walks 5 miles south 20 miles westand 5 miles north He ends up in the same spot What type of bear is he?
A Polar Bear who started his walk from the North Pole.
How far can a polar bear smell a sea loin?
2 miles a way
Who is stronger polar bears or brown bears?
Because they naturally occupy very distant ranges, they will never meet. However, the polar bear is leaner and often swims many miles during the spring melt.
How does the polar bear help the polar ice?
why does the polar bear helps the polar ice
Which is bigger polar or grizzly bear?
The grizzly or brown bear and the polar bear are basicly the same size.
