Do polar bears feel cold and if so how cold must it be?

Answer 1

Polar Bears are actually more in danger of over-heating then hypothermia. The Bear can swim in frozen ocean water with no ill-effect. To hunt Polar Bear the native have their sled dogs harrass them until the faint from heat exhaustion (doesn't really take all that long either), and then they walk up to them and harpoon them.

Answer 2

no, he is always warm The polar bears heat retention adaptations render it more in danger of over-heating then getting cold. One way of hunting Polar Bears is to get the dogs to chase it till it drops from heat exhaustion and then the hunter (inuvik) walks up to it and stabs it to death with a harpoon. After exerting itself a Polar Bear must find water to cool down in.

Answer 3

yes they do but they prefere to be warm. to get warm polar bears cuddle up with other polar bears or make a burro deap under ground. yes they do but they prefere to be warm. to get warm polar bears cuddle up with other polar bears or make a burro deap under ground. yes they do but they prefere to be warm. to get warm polar bears cuddle up with other polar bears or make a burro deap under ground. yes they do but they prefere to be warm. to get warm polar bears cuddle up with other polar bears or make a burro deap under ground.

Answer 4

No.Polar bears have very effective ways of keeping themselves warm that they actually are more at risk for overheating. If the temperature rises above fifty or they are active for a long time they will overheat.because of the hair and fat called blubber they stay very warm

Answer 5

As cold as possible. Polar bears hunt mainly seals or the smaller whales, out on the frozen ice pack. When the ice has melted in the Arctic summer, the polar bears often need to resort to scavenging, or go hungry until the ice returns in the Arctic winter. Their double thick fur protects them from the cold, but makes it uncomfortable during the warmer seasons.

Answer 6

They do get cold but they cuddle with other polar bears and they use to the cold so they know how to live in the cold.

Answer 7

polar bears do get cold but there are used to it so they be fine. they only survive in the cold.

Answer 8

i am pretty sure they would feel soft or kind of prickly

Answer 9

In the Arctic the temperature ranges between -29 degrees Fahrenheit to 0 degrees Fahrenheit (winter-summer).