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A polar bear's skin is black. The fur reflects light, making the polar bear appear white to us (the fur is actually somewhat transparent).
A polar bear's skin is black so it can soak up as much of the sun's rays as possible. Polar bears have almost 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 seemingly-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.
The polar bear's fur seems colorless and for many years, scientists worked on the theory that the individual hairs act as fibre optics bringing sunlight directly to the skin. This has recently been proven to be incorrect, and the hairs are not truly transparent, but contain keratin. Viewed side-on, the hairs appear colorless; viewed lengthwise (as if one was looking down a telescope) the hairs no longer appear transparent.
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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 is special about polar bear fur?
a polar bears skin is special because it looks white but its skin is really black, it is just the light that reflects off the polar bear that makes it look white
What does a polar bears leg look like?
A polar bear's leg looks stubby. It has long, shaggy, white, hair on it. Their paws are huge and they have black claws
What did polar bears look like in the past?
bigg , white , and fluuffy (:
What does the polar bear's body covering look like?
Polar bears have dark skin, but white fur.
Does the polar bear still look white after its been swimming in the ocean?
yes polar bears are still white when they come out of the water.
What do adult male polar bears look like?
Same, only larger version as a female polar bear: big, white, shaggy with a black nose and eyes and huge paws.
What are the colors of a polar bear's fur and skin?
The color of a Polar Bears skin is actually black, and the fur is actually transparent. What makes it look white is the sun light reflecting of the snow.
What color are a polar bear's teeth?
The tongue of a polar bear is pink red or blue but it does not matter on it's jeans genes.
Since a polar bear's skin is black what would an albino polar bear look like?
It would look the same since the fur covers the skin. Which is why you don't see black on polar bears when you just look at them
When do polar bears turn pink?
because a Polar Bears fur is not actually white it is the suns reflection on the bear that makes it look like that
