Polar Bear Picture

In the Polar Bear picture, you’ll see a large and massive animal with an elongated body and long neck. The hind legs of the Polar Bear are longer than the forelimbs, which make the croup stand higher than the shoulders. The head of the Polar Bear is small compared to the body. The snout is slightly arched; the eyes are small and looking forward; the ears are rounded.

Many adaptations to the harsh living conditions are not seen in the Polar Bear picture. For instance, the skin of these bears is black and the coat is made of hollow hairs, which accumulate the solar radiation. The legs of the Polar Bear are stocky and powerful and the feet are very large, acting like snowshoes. The paws are about 30 cm in diameter, which allows spreading out the weight of the massive animal over ice or snow. When swimming, front paws propel the body in a dog-paddle style. Strong, curved claws of the Polar Bear assist in grasping the prey and in climbing on ice. To prevent slipping on ice, Polar Bears have soft bumps on the soles and long coarse hairs that grow between pads.

When looking through Polar Bear picture galleries, you’ll make sure that the only available food for these large animals is seals and fish. The Polar Bear is the only pure carnivore of the bear family. The teeth of the Polar Bear are perfectly adapted for grasping and tearing the prey. Polar Bears are excellent swimmers and divers, but they are slow-moving on land. The fur of the Polar Bear is water-repellent. Ice doesn’t form on the Polar Bear’s coat after swimming, because the oily fur is easy to shake free of water.

The coat of the Polar Bear is very dense. The length of the coat varies between 2 and 5 cm. The undercoat is wooly and insulating; the outer coat is thin and shiny. In May or June, Polar Bears molt for several weeks to completely replace their coat. It’s very difficult to take a Polar Bear picture in the wild, both because these animals inhabit the Arctic seashore and because of their coloration which makes them almost invisible in the snow.