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Why does hiding and resting during the winter month when food is scarce help the polar bear?
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∙ 11y ago
Just like most other mammals, polar bears hibernate. Believe it or not, it actually gets a LOT more cold in the Arctic during the winter. This hibernation keeps it from freezing itself. As it eats, grows even more fat, and sleeps for a long period of time, the polar bear is kept warmer and safer from freezing almostmore than any other animal in the world!
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∙ 7y agoPolar bears present a mixed bag of responses to winter ... a female polar bear makes a den in which to give birth and then take care of her cubs, other polar bears remain active throughout the whole year. Interestingly some polar bears enter a state which is known as walking hibernation.
As the Arctic winter lasts almost half the year, hibernating for the whole winter becomes problematic - they would starve to death even with the reduced energy demand during hibernation.
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∙ 11y agoHiding and resting in the winter , also known as hibernation, helps Polar Bears and countless of other winter animals to survive the winter by saving energy which is scarce in winter.
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