distinguish between the two species. While both of these mammals share many abilities, these ‘second cousins’ are distinctly different from each other in many ways. Seals and sea lions have many anatomical differences and similarities. As mammals, Pinnipeds are warm-blooded, breathe air with lungs, have hair, bear live young, and females nurse their young, providing milk via their mammary glands. Looking at the exterior of the mammals, two first-sight identifiers set these two species apart. They are
Climate change refers to the variations in the mean and variables of climate properties that persists over long periods and results in one among the most crucial and common problems in the current world. Often, climate change results from human activities or natural gases and has both physical and economic effects on the world and people. Climate change has social effects on aspects such as health, food production, and growth. Climate change causes tremendous spread of certain infectious diseases
Seal slaughtering had taken place on the ice floes off Canada’s East coast in two areas which are the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the east of the Magdalen Islands for almost half a decade. Each year, thousands of Canadian fishermen murder and shoot two-weeks to two-months old seals, drag them and skin the pups while still alive and conscious. They sell the skin for leather and fashion garments while the remains of the body are left on the ice to rot. I believe that the process of clubbing seals is cruel
The Guadalupe fur seal is a mammal who is endangered. These seals are very rare and are famous for their fur. Guadalupe fur seals were once considered extinct but have been rediscovered in 1954. This mammal is now fully protected and there’s a slim chance for them to go extinct for a while. Guadalupe fur seals only live on rocky coasts and in caves found along shores. Out of all of the nine species of the seals, the Guadalupe have been the only ones sighted in the northern hemisphere. Meanwhile
The seal hunt has been a Canadian tradition, started by the First Nations people, for over 4000 years. The seal hunt is still going on today and the debate of wheater it is an important part of our country and if it’s something we want our home and native land to be associated with. Furthermore, the hunt has been shown on many occasions to be extremely inhumane and unsustainable. It also does not provide a significant economic boost. Consequently, the Canadian government has been working on ways
Research Essay: Polar Bears Generally speaking, the national animal is the symbol of a nation together with its people. Different countries use their own tokens. For instance, the bald eagle presents the United States, bulldog is for British, and dragon (though it is a legendary animal) stands for China. In terms of Canada, whether polar bears should replace beavers as Canada’s national animal is still a dispute. However, polar bears should stand for Canada’s national animal instead of beavers in
There are many amazing creatures that have been on this earth. One of the most incredible features of this animal is the way the animal survives. The polar bear is an animal that can live in very cold temperatures, due to the features of the polar bears they are able to survive in these harsh environments. The polar bears also help us understand what might be happening in the arctic ecosystem. Polar bears help us gain an understanding of what is happening throughout the Arctic, as a polar bear at
Survival of the fittest serves to be true in all walks of society. When drawing attention to the animals on top of the food chain, it’s important to analyze what sets them apart from the rest. What is the edge they have on the competitors? What are their weaknesses? The animals that occupy the artic regions have learned to survive the furry of Mother Nature, but still must compete for survival with the top predator of the artic, the polar bear. Polar bears inhabit the circumpolar arctic regions
SPECIES- Ursus Maritimus, Polar Bear, lord of the Arctic. Lives in an area of five million square miles of snow and ice. From Siberia to Alaska and across Canada, Greenland and the Islands north of Norway, he is the master of all living things except man. It lives in the brutal cold, ice, and snow. The temperature can plunge down frequently to -40 degrees and sometimes even lower but that does not bother the polar bear because of its color-less skin and layer of insulation fat. Its range extending
Polar bears are one of the Earth’s largest and most powerful carnivores. These bears are dependent on sea ice as their primary habitat and are thus found on the Arctic coasts of North America. The scientific term used to describe polar bears, Ursus maritimus translates to sea bear because polar bears spend most of their lives on the Arctic ice. A common misconception the public holds is that polar bears are white; their fur is actually consists of two transparent layers: hollow guard hairs and an
BIGFOOT- LEGEND OR HOAX It is an unexplainable mystery that is said to live in the wilderness of Washington State. It is a cryptozoological creature that either doesn't like people or he is scared of them. Some claim to have seen the creature. Most think the beast is an elaborate hoax. But there is no question that the remote forests of the northwestern United States are said to be home to a legendary, reclusive, ape-like being known only as Bigfoot. I have personally seen and heard
Age and Sex Specific Seasonal Variations in Weight of Black Bears in Pakistan Bears Sanctuary Little is known about the natural ecology and behavior of the Asiatic bear. Their diet varies depending on the season but, in common with most other bears, they are predominately herbivorous feeding on acorns, beech and other nuts as well as fruits and berries (Burnie,D. 2001). These bears spend around half of their time in the trees (Animal Diversity Web, July 2002) and construct platforms from branches
The Seal Hunt As spring comes closer its that season where people take their boats to icy cold waters off the east coast of Canada to go hunt seals. The seal hunt happens every year in spring off the East Coast of Canada. The hunters take their boats into icy cold waters with rapids and ice everywhere, just to try to kill as many seals as they can before the time runs out. Some ways that the hunters kill the seals is by either shooting them with a gun or using a hakapik, which is a spiked wooden
In 2008 the Polar bear was put on the endangered species list, they were the first to be placed on this list primarily due to global warming. Many will argue with this fact, but as we will discover through this document, global warming is real and is in fact affecting the lives of the polar bears. Polar Bears depend on the sea to freeze over which enables them to hunt seals. The bears have a short season to hunt in order to gain enough fat to survive the entire year. With the decline
Have you ever seen a Polar bear? Maybe you saw them on tv ads, if you watch tv sometimes. I’m talking about Coca-Cola ads. Where there are white polar bears that are drinking Coca-Cola on a sea ice. I think that not only me but also you as well would like to see a polar bear in our lifetime. Well, they don’t drink Coca-Cola, but their main food is ring seals. They usually live in the North Pole and South Pole or in the Arctict Ring. im gonna to talk about the North Pole’s polar bear because all
Bears are vicious right? It’s their natural instinct to hunt and be one of the main predators on the food chain, and it doesn’t mean that we can treat them any type of way. Obviously, we are humans, and humans need special “items” such as resources from animals. Sadly in this case, the prime animal are bears. In multiple places around the world, such as South Korea, China, North Korea, ect...bears are abused for their resources that are useful to us humans. Sure they have important resources that
These days more and more animals and plants are becoming extinct. That means they must be protected in order to maintain the number of animals or plants, which are threatened by extinction. The question is how can we protect them? Right now polar bears and other animals are struggling more than ever to survive. There are a few things we can do to help. Stopping pollution, stopping wild animal hunting, and stopping deforestation are the main factors in keeping them alive. To begin with, pollution
The Arctic tundra, a vast plain of ice and water, is located on the northern poles of the Earth. Characterized by its low precipitation, minimum sunlight, and a layer of permafrost- a thick layer of ice that never thaws away- this biome is very cold, with temperatures as low as negative 70oC. One specific population that has adapted to this harsh environment is the polar bears. The Arctic tundra’s extreme temperatures have caused species, specifically polar bears, to adapt to it. Polar bears feed
Harbor Seals Harbor seals are marine mammals that have spotted coats in a variety of shades from silver gray, black to dark brown. They reach 5 to 6 feet in length and weigh up to 300 pounds. Harbor seals are dimorphic, with the male being slightly larger than the female. They are true, or crawling seals, which means they have no external earflaps. True seals also have small flippers, and move on land by flopping along on their bellies. They breathe at the surface and hold their breath while
Polar Bears Life Span It is believed that polar bears live an average of 15 to 18 years, though some bears have tagged in their early 30s. In some zoo’s bears have been known to live up to the mid 30s. There is only one individual bear that has been known to have lived up to the age of 40. Biologists believe that starvation is the leading cause of death for sub adult bears, which is probably the reason that when bears are in captivity (a zoo) they live longer. Population Polar bears live in Russia