| adult female polar bear | can breed every second year |  |
| excavates den in snowbank in late autumn | |
| gives birth in her den | |
| has average number of babies 2 | |
| has gestation period 228-254 days | |
| is a kind of adult polar bear | |
| is a kind of female mammal | |
| adult polar bear | can run at 40 km per hour | |
| can stay underwater for 2 minutes | |
| can swim at 6.4 km per hour | |
| eats seals, walrus, carrion, fish, mussels, crabs, starfish, eggs, grass, mushrooms, berries, lemmings, humans | |
| has breeding season April and May | |
| has good eyesight | |
| has good sense of smell | |
| hibernates | |
| is solitary | |
| moults during May to August | |
| reaches sexual maturity by 5 -7 years | |
| female mammal | gives birth to live babies | |
| suckles babies | |
| polar bear | can be killed by humans, killer whale, male walrus | |
| has colour creamy white | |
| has habitat southern broken edge of the arctic ice pack | |
| has scientific name Ursus maritimus | |
| is used by Inuit for food and clothing | |
| swims by paddling only with its front feet | |
| mammal | is warm-blooded | |
| may catch rabies | |
| bear | has Family name Family Ursidae | |
| carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
| is carnivorous or omnivorous | |
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