Predicament Of The Polar Bears

With all of the news around Al Gore's Nobel Prize winning efforts, many are expecting the heightened awareness of global warming may turn some focus on the plight of the polar bears. It would be absolutely tragic if this amazing predator was directed to zoos or worse, especially after hundreds of years of adaptation for the hostile Arctic environment. I was once fortunate to view a group of bears in the wild in the high arctic, a mother and two cubs - it was a powerfully moving site, considering this was not a retreat but actually ice flows viewed from a Russian Icebreaker. What a great many people were not aware of until recently is the fact that polar bears need the sea ice to freeze over. Thus giving the polar bears excellent hunting grounds for your seals that build breathing holes and dens in around the floes. Polar bears are classified as marine animals and are surprisingly deficient in skills for catching prey on land. There were many studies of polar bear moving to the mating with grizzly bears and northern boreal forests of Alaska, causing a hybrid bear: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly%E2%80%93polar_bear_hybrid. This stylish partner sites paper has collected stylish tips for the reason for this view. While this phenomenon isn't totally new, the frequency of the polar bear's forays in-to southern countries is likely to improve. A bear has gotta do what it's gotta do, after-all. Biologists fear the interbreeding could weaken a number of the polar bears best (and least understood) modifications, like the ability to navigate extraordinary distances in a dynamic environment with their aquatic skills, few sites and the impulse to get seals under sea ice. Arctic reports have shown that over the years, the sea-ice increases and recedes with notably regular consistency but the last few years have shown a massive recession, along with the escape of thousands of Arctic glaciers. Call it global warming or anything you like, but I believe enough time to start 'thinking green' is nowif nothing else, hence the great white north keeps north. We may never experience the polar bear in our normal lives and hardly any people can get to go to them, but that is precisely why we must act now - to keep these wild areas wild. Writing and/or reading articles about polar bears is not planning to do much good without a taking a response. With that in mind, listed below are A Number Of Resources to Aid Our Polar Pals in the Arctic.. Update o-n Polar Bear Status: In the Humane Society: http://www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/a_closer_look_at_marine_mammals/polar_bears/saving_acts_for_the_polar.html Track True Polar Bears: From-the WWF http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/europe/what_we_do/arctic/polar_bear/index.cfm Visit Polar Bears within Their Own Habitat: From Natural Habitat Adventures http://www.nathab.com/north Other Actions You Can Take: From Defenders of Wild-life http://www.defenders.org/programs_and_policy/wildlife_conservation/imperiled_species/polar_bear/index.php Aside from the sources above, a very important thing you are able to do for polar bears is to decrease the effect your lifestyle is wearing world wide warming. Whether that means having a bike to work or college, installing solar panels on your home, or just turning out the lights when you leave a room - every little bit helps.

Plight Of The Polar Bears