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No, the polar bears fur is actually not white either. It contains no pigment so it looks more like our fingernails, a sort of milky yellowish almost transparent color. The hairs are made of keratin like our fingernails. It looks white when light reflects from the hairs. The polar bear's skin is black.
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∙ 14y agoNo. Their skin is black. Polar bears have transparent fur over black skin. Reflection of the sunlight from the densely packed transparent hairs makes polar bears seem to be white. The bears' black skin absorbs heat from the sun. The transparent fur is made up of hollow hairs called guard hairs. These air-filled guard hairs help transmit heat from the sunlight to the polar bear's black skin as a solar heat collector. In turn, the reflection stops the heat being lost from their black skin.
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∙ 16y agoYes. A polar bear's fur is whitebut under the fur, the bear has a black skin, which is visible at the nose, eyes, and mouth.
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∙ 13y ago70% are black while the remaining are blond, cinnamon, light brown to Dark Chocolate brown, with many intermediate variations existing.
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∙ 15y agowell they look white but underneath them they are black
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∙ 6y agoAll polar bears have black skin but are covered by white appearing hair.
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∙ 13y agoyes, it is pure black.
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∙ 13y agoyes there are
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∙ 12y agoYes, to gain heat
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∙ 12y agoYes.
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Are polar bears full white?
Actually, polar bears have black skin with white fur.
Are polar bears yellow sometimes?
Polar Bears are not yellow. They have black skin and white fur. They are probably.
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
Are bears purple?
Bears are not purple. They are brown or black. Or white like a Polar Bear.
Why do polar bears have white body fur?
They don't, the fur is actually almost colorless. The polar bears skin is in fact black.
Why do bears have white fur?
Most bears are not white. However, polar bears have white fur to camouflage with snow. The reason for the black and white coloration of the panda bear is unknown.
What is the difference between polar bears and panda bears?
Panda's live in China while Polar bears live in the Arctic Cirle. Panda's are black and white and Polar bears are only white. Panda's mainly eat bamboo Polar Bears eat mainly seals There are a lot of differences these are just a few
Why are polar bears white?
polar bears are white because then they can camofladge in the snow
Who is related to the panda bear?
Any kind of bear like Polar bears, black bears, and anyother.Black, brown, & white bears.
What do a polar bears look like?
Like a big white bear with a black nose.
Why is a polar bear's fur black?
its not a polar bears fir is actually clear tubes bunched up to make it look white if you think that its black you are mistaken a polar bear for a black bear.
What do llamas and polar bears have in common?
llamas and polar bears really only have one thing in common, and that is that they are both white, unless you count black or brown llamas
