How do polar bears keep ice off their fur? Grease.
“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear hair was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly to human hair, to which ice sticks ...
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Here’s How Climate Change Has Caused Polar Bears to Get Huge ‘Ice Balls’ on Their Paws
In recent years, researchers have been observing weird clumps of ice on the paws of polar bears which isn't a commonly occurring phenomenon among these Arctic animals. The changing climatic ...
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Scientists just figured out how polar bear fur repels ice no matter how cold it is
Discover the amazing properties of polar bear fur that repel ice and prevent ice buildup. Learn how their specialized hair ...
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Bad hair bears! Greasy hair gives polar bears fur with anti-icing properties
An international team of scientists has discovered the anti-icing secret of polar bear fur – something that allows one of the planet’s most iconic animals to survive and thrive in one of its most ...
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The war on polar bears
Polar bears are the world's largest land carnivore ... of knocking a beluga whale senseless with a single swipe of a paw." And on Ny-Ålesund, the largest island of Norway's Svalbard archipelago ...
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KS1 Science: Why did the brown bear evolve into the polar bear?
thicker paws and with warmer, lighter-coloured fur. These were the bears who flourished. They are now called polar bears. When looking at variation, pupils could be challenged to identify the ...
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Greasy hair gives polar bears fur with anti-icing properties
Still hunting frequently develops into an 'aquatic stalk' with the polar bear using its hind paws to slide into the water to pursue its prey, and the lower the ice adhesion, the less noise ...