Siku

Watch the daily antics of Siku, a polar bear cub born back in November 2011 in the Denmarck Zoo. Explore.org & PBI (Polar Bear International) join forces to help raise awareness on the dangers of global warming for polar bears. They have installed a webcam to follow Siku, several hours a day in hopes of inspiring people to help. Enjoy.

http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/siku-cam-1

http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/siku-cam-2

 

Annie

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Polar Bear I Come In Peace

Pauline from paulinesfashions found this in an e-mail.

Norbert Rosing's striking images of a wild polar bear coming upon
Tethered sled dogs in the

Wilds of Canada's Hudson Bay .......

The Photographer was sure that he was going to see

the end of his dogs when the
Polar bear wandered in. 

 

 

It's hard to believe that this polar bear only needed to hug someone!

The Polar Bear
Returned every night that week to play with the dogs.

MONDAY PETSJUBILEE~PHOTO CAPTION OF THE DAY

WHAT DOES THIS PHOTO SAY TO YOU??? WE WANT TO KNOW!

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS...BE CREATIVE! WE COULD ALL USE A LAUGH!

Polar Bears

We tend to talk about our dogs and cats but I have a certain fondness for polar bears. Okay they are cute and are endangered and that’s nice. Well polar bears are certainly survivors. Just look at where they live: the Arctic...Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia as noted on the map. This is harsh territory but polar bears are adept at living here because of their coats.

Polar bears live in one of the planet's coldest environments and depend on a thick coat of insulated fur, which covers a warming layer of fat. Fur even grows on the bottom of their paws, which protects against cold surfaces and provides a good grip on ice. The bear's stark white coat provides camouflage in surrounding snow and ice. But under their fur, polar bears have black skin—the better to soak in the sun's warming rays.

Polar bears are attractive and appealing, but they are powerful predators that do not typically fear humans, which can make them dangerous. Near human settlements, they often acquire a taste for garbage, bringing bears and humans into perilous proximity.

In 1992, a photographer near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada took a now widely circulated set of photographs of a polar bear playing with a Canadian Eskimo Dog a tenth of its size. The pair wrestled harmlessly together each afternoon for ten days in a row for no apparent reason, although the bear may have been trying to demonstrate its friendliness in the hope of sharing the kennel's food. This kind of social interaction is uncommon; it is far more typical for polar bears to behave aggressively towards dogs.

A polar bear weighs in at a mere 900-1400 pounds. They are big! The ones I visited at the San Diego Zoo tend to be lighter due to the climate. I love to watch them play and could watch them all day. Polar bear moms are super moms too!

I have a series of postcards that are mounted and framed and make me laugh in stressful times. See some of their funny poses!

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