… That polar bears are all left-handed? And that the female polar bear would rather build the den in “old snow” from previous years than freshly fallen snow?
An adult polar bear can weigh between 227 -272 kilograms (500-600 pounds), but a polar bear baby only weighs about half a kilogram (about one pound) when born.
Beautiful and Lefties!!! š What a difference in size from birth to adult.
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Exactly what I was thinking!
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They are so beautiful
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Crazy, isn’t it! So tiny and then a massive and majestic predator in the end!
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They are gorgeous
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It is a dream of mine to get up north and see the polar bears one day.
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What a great experience that would be!!!
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one day! one day!
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Yep! Just make sure you don’t get eaten!
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Don’t plan on patting them! or being an entree, the main, let alone dessert!
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Well I’ll be darned – left handed huh? That is my something new to learn today!
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I wonder if there’s really none of them that is right handed…
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Some of things that are done and money that is spent to determine things that have no bearing on anything – like the sex habits of ants and a zillion other things – what good does it do to know that bears are left-handed? Okay, maybe bears are cool, but some of the other things I’ve read are pretty rediculous.
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Totally see your point!
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That is the first time I ever thought about animals being right or left handed!
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I found it so funny to read this! I wonder how much it actually matters and also: what if they have only studied left handed polar bears and all the right handed ones got away????
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Haha…. yes, perhaps they were tricked by the bears… lol š
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Yep
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Very interesting information.. Thanks for sharing..
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Thank you š
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Perhaps my boys were polar bears in their past lives? They’re both left handed. Some male polar bear can be 700 kg (1,500 pounds). Love the facts! š
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I saw that after I posted this! Crazy huge!
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My my how they grow!
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Oh yes!
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I love polar bears. Would love to see them in their natural habitat. We do have some that came from Hudson Bay area very far north that were rescued after mom was killed and although I hate to see them caged I do get that they now have a chance to live. The Zoo has a huge, huge habitat for them and I do mean huge so at least that is nicer. I do have to admit I love to watch them it is magical swimming overhead.
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I guess they had another chance and although they are caged, it beats the alternative…
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When I hear stuff like “they are all left handed” I wonder what went into getting that data!
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Hahaha! Yes! Same here! I wonder how you can actually claim that. Did they check every single one and how would you do that?
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Exactly!!
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Great post. My first reaction was to think about the old adage: “sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you” followed quickly by a search to see if the Eskimos actually did put granny out on the ice as bear fodder. This was probably the most interesting of the results. http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2160/did-eskimos-put-their-elderly-on-ice-floes-to-die
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Hehehehe!!!! Thanks for sharing the link! Heading right to the post!
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Oh my! Learned something!
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Wow… Researching this seems absolutely fascinating. So cool… Maybe be can have a similar fact sheet on pandas??? š
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Ha! On it!
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I wasn’t sure the best method to send this to you but didn’t see a direct contact section. When I clicked on your article Yin And Yang ā Did You Know⦠it took me to a page that say it was missing. Just thought you would want to know. š
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Can you try again? It got posted by mistake and I had to take it off again. But then posted it again.
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I had deleted the email and emptied deleted oddly enough. I just went to check and realized I couldn’t check. I am sure it will work OK now.
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Maybe not with the same link you tried before…
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The link was sent directly to my email and it didn’t work from there.
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Try this: https://amommasview.wordpress.com/2016/02/03/yin-and-yang-did-you-know/
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Thanks so much!!!
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I learned a lot about penguins the other night, and now have learned a little about polar bears!
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Love Penguins!
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