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#1 02-02-2007 01:12:06
- Siobhan, Age 10
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Polar Bear Paws
How do polar bears keep their paws warm?
#2 05-02-2007 14:14:15
- Manabu Sakamoto
- Administrator
- Registered: 15-01-2007
- Posts: 273
Re: Polar Bear Paws
Polar bears have thick callused pads and fur on their paws to keep them warm. But this also provides traction so that the polar bear doesn't slip. The rest of the body of a polar bear is kept warm by a layer of fat sometimes called the blubber and thick fur. Polar bears are so well adapted to keeping warm that they need to cool off from time to time.
Last edited by Manabu Sakamoto (05-02-2007 14:14:47)
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